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As a French citizen, I agree that France is the best holiday destination."
On June 10, Durov posted in his Telegram channel In a state governed by the rule of law, on social networks as in real life, freedoms are exercised within a framework established by law to protect citizens and respect their fundamental rights,
The French continue their fight for ‘freedom of speech’ and ‘European values,
Russian lawmaker Andrey Klishas posted on Telegram We tallied the questions with the original UGC-NET questions and they matched… All these activities took place on Telegram these days. It is a challenge to track the complex nature of Telegram without a high level investigation.”
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan addressed the issue, stating Whenever we reach out to them, they respond with the last login’s IP address which is often of little help.”
The Delhi Police officer said One of the most rampant scams on Telegram is investment fraud in which a user is added to a group and is suggested to invest their money in stocks on a fake application which mirrors a legitimate stock trading app,
Other illegitimate activities on Telegram include being able to buy fake sim cards and share your bank account details with cyber fraudsters operating from abroad. Those who provide account details get a commission from the fraudsters.”
The officer further elaborated on other illicit activities To my knowledge, the platform was being misused by some accounts for promoting obscenity and to violate copyright. Lack of proactive content moderation had per se been lacking,
No transparency report is available for your region.”
Attempts to obtain transparency reports for India from Telegram’s @transparency bot were met with the response Telegram was, on occasions, reluctant to cooperate though it did appoint an India-based grievance officer, chief compliance officer and nodal contact person, and opened an office in India [Gurugram], following the notification of IT Rules 2021. They would generally comply with Section 69A blocking orders but in few other cases, where the Ministry would forward the grievances as received, they were unwilling to comply even if the content appeared to be potentially illegal and harmful, or led to such URLs,
Telegram’s moderators are actively monitoring the situation and are removing channels and posts containing calls to violence,
Telegram spokesperson Remi Vaughn said in a statement at the time It’s hard to get in touch with Telegram and make arrangements,
a Dutch minister explained in January when grilled by local lawmakers on a media report about illegal drugs offered via public Telegram chats This includes removing illegal content, cooperating with national authorities, [and] respecting removal orders when national authorities make such orders,
European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier told POLITICO Telegram has historically had problems with regulators in some parts of the world because, unlike other services, we consistently defended our users’ privacy and have never made any deals with governments,
Durov wrote in 2017, having fled Russia years earlier after refusing to shut down opposition groups on VKontakte We have exchanges with the platform, with all the platforms, including Telegram. When we ask something [of] Telegram, we get a reply,
We still don't know what exactly Durov is being accused of. ... Let's wait until the charges are announced -- if they are announced."
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday At the heart of this case is the lack of moderation and cooperation of the platform (which has almost 1 billion users), in particular in the fight against crimes against children,
Jean-Michel Bernigaud, the secretary general of Ofmin, wrote on LinkedIn The arrest of Pavel Durov confirmed that there has been no European or even global (pro-western) freedom of speech,
Sergei Mironov, a veteran Russian ultra-nationalist politician and ally of Vladimir Putin, said in a statement I have seen false information regarding France following the arrest of Pavel Durov."
With Russia and Elon Musk leading a charge of questions, claims, and demands for Durov's release, French President Emmanuel Macron took to X, formerly Twitter, to denounce baseless speculation, saying The only problem is that Durov also has French citizenship,