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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,
added Filippov, who runs a widely-followed Telegram channel 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,
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,
Khamenei said in a meeting with members of new reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian's Cabinet It is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform,
You just install the free app and get easy access to buying guns, drugs, explicit and violent content … anything. It is all available simply by searching. And this is not so easily available anywhere in other messengers,
Russians do everything via Telegram. They are recruiting agents and people for counter-activities. Today in Ukraine, a popular campaign is to recruit people who would burn Ukrainian military cars. And it is quite successful. They coordinate their military efforts using it,
I think that the Russians are panicking because they are trying to predict possible outcomes for their essential communications tool and are trying to protect themselves and remove information from there. But everything will depend on the French government and the courts — whether they will imprison Durov, or come to an agreement and release him and he in return will provide them with some information — we do not know yet,
They practically detained the head of communication of the Russian army,
Russian military blogger channel Povernutie na Z Voine said in a Telegram statement Everyone who is used to using the platform for sensitive conversations/conversations should delete those conversations right now and not do it again,
Kremlin propagandist and foreign ministry spokesperson Margarita Simonyan said in a Telegram post It is up to the judiciary, in full independence, to enforce the law,
We do not know yet what exactly Durov is accused of. We have not yet heard any official statements on the matter, and before saying anything, we need to wait for the situation to become clearer,
Telegram abides by EU laws, including the Digital Services Act—its moderation is within industry standards,
Perhaps he had a feeling of impunity,
Liberte Liberte! Liberte?" (Freedom Freedom! Freedom?).
Musk, who leads Tesla and X social media, formerly Twitter, posted the hashtag #FreePavel on X and commented in French