The main thing is that what is happening in France does not turn into political persecution… certain accusations are being made.
I was absolutely unaware of Mr Durov's arrival in France, and that is quite normal,
Of course, we consider him a Russian citizen and, as much as possible, we will be ready to provide assistance. We will be watching what happens next,
To some extent, it gives this defendant a good deal of leverage — in that if he were to promise cooperation on some of these fronts, there would be a lot of very valuable information that he would have that could be made available to, for example, the French authorities. As a lawyer, I can only speak to the judicial procedure, but what happens behind the scenes may be as influential as the judicial procedure itself,
They are widely perceived as being a scofflaw when it comes to taking down illegal content posted by users. And if that's true, if they were notified of specific content by users that violated the law and they didn't take it down, then they've forfeited immunity under the big EU law on this, the Digital Services Act,
Firstly, Telegram complies in every respect with European digital regulations and is moderated to the same standards as other social networks,
Certainly, there are issues with Twitter [X] failing to respond to government requests, failing to take proper steps to moderate its content. And it's not impossible that you'd see a similar action taken against him personally,
We are in touch with the French authorities about this case and Pavel Durov’s representatives,
The person concerned refused Russian consular protection and an Emirati consular visit, but agreed that the Emirati embassy be kept up to date on his situation,
France will be the leading nation for super-innovation, change and profound transformation,
It's totally absurd to think that the head of a social network could be involved in criminal acts that do not concern him, either directly or indirectly,
Telegram fully abides with European rules on digital,
Telegram’s almost total failure to respond to judicial requests was brought to the attention of the cybercrime section (J3) of the organized crime national court (JUNALCO) within the Paris public prosecutor’s office, in particular by the national office for minors (OFMIN),
Other French investigation services and public prosecutors' offices as well as various partners within Eurojust, in particular Belgian ones, shared the same observation,
Telegram’s CEO, Pavel Durov, has nothing to hide and travels frequently in Europe,
But the situation is complicated by the fact that he is also a citizen of France,
It is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform,
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,