Paris court explains why it's arrested Telegram founder, Pavel Durov
When Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram, was arrested on August 24, French authorities did not respond to requests for comment.
When Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram, was arrested on August 24, French authorities did not respond to requests for comment. The secrecy of pre-trial investigations and inquiries is an important principle in the French judicial system.
French television network TF1 reported that the main issues are Telegram’s (lack of) moderation processes and unwillingness to cooperate with law enforcement, especially when it comes to drug trafficking, money laundering and child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
It's just that Macron decided not to limit himself to just the Telegram application, but to also get its developer :) !HUG
Typical. Tyranny is running wild.
Time for people to step up against what is taking place.
A cruiser with analog control like Missouri should appear here and fire a salvo from a cannon, if the shells have managed to move along the crane beam from one gun turret to another, this can be difficult :) !BEER
I called it a tug.
In principle, if you try, you can load a tugboat into a cannon, but in parts :) !VSC
Can put a Canon on there. They fit.
Yes, those who are shot at with such a gun will be pleased to see a selfie before the landing :) !MEME
I humiliated the Missouri by calling it a cruiser, lol, it should be a battleship :) !VSC
But the court in charge of the investigation, the Paris criminal court, probably didn’t expect to garner so much attention and speculation. The billionaire owner of X, Elon Musk, posted “#FreePavel” on his own social networking platform. Edward Snowden — the NSA whistleblower and privacy campaigner — implied Durov’s arrest was a political decision taken by French President, Emmanuel Macron.
Given that Telegram is the most popular social app in Russia and Ukraine, it also became a hot topic for both Russian authorities and the Russian opposition.
The publicity circus accompanying the arrest explains why the court decided to share a press release listing the charges against Durov. According to this document, the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office opened a preliminary investigation against Durov on July 8 related to efforts to combat cybercrime.
The Centre for the Fight against Cybercrime (C3N) and the Anti-Fraud National Office (ONAF) have been involved in the investigation. In all, 12 charges have been filed against “a person unnamed” — a classic French judicial term to imply whoever is in charge of Telegram right now.
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