An investigating judge has ended Pavel Durov's police custody and will have him brought to court for a first appearance and a possible indictment.
But the situation is complicated by the fact that he is also a citizen of France,
Do you think this time they'll appeal to Paris and demand Durov's release?"
The charges are very serious indeed,
Telegram is one of the few and at the same time the largest Internet platforms over which the United States has no influence,
It's about management on the ground,
Purging communications is utter stupidity. Officials should not use messengers for official purposes. No messenger is reliable in terms of information security — not even Telegram. […] Therefore, of course, no one is asking anyone to clean anything,
In other words, it would be exactly the politics that Mr. Macron denied yesterday in this story,
That's because he has violated their governance (over the internet),
You saw that France arrested this poor young fellow, yes, they are that strict,
The UAE is closely following the case of its citizen Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, who was arrested by the French authorities in Paris–Le Bourget Airport, emphasizing that the UAE has submitted a request to the Government of the French Republic to provide him with all the necessary consular services in an urgent manner,
Almost a billion users globally use Telegram as a means of communication and as a source of vital information, ... We’re awaiting a prompt resolution of this situation."
Caring for citizens, preserving their interests, following up on their affairs, and providing them with all aspects of care are a top priority for the UAE,
It is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner is responsible for the abuse of that platform,
They told us we were being watched, that we were at risk of hacking and that we had to be careful with Telegram, which is a Russian app,
I don’t use Telegram, only SMS and email — but I think it’s used a lot [in the National Assembly]. I certainly miss things because I don’t have it,
They have pissed off people with their refusal to give answers in dirty files,
People don’t want to start from scratch, to lose their conversations,
As a French citizen, I agree that France is the best holiday destination."
We do not yet know what exactly Durov is accused of,