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But the situation is complicated by the fact that he is also a citizen of France,
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,
a statement from the Paris prosecutor's office said At this stage, the only person being questioned in this case is Pavel Durov,
the prosecutor’s office added It is encouraging to see the French government, French police, taking some action to potentially rectify this type of activity,
Moderators use a combination of proactive monitoring of public parts of the platform, AI tools, and user reports to remove content that breaches Telegram’s terms of service,
Telegram’s moderation practices are completely opaque — we really have no sense of how they operate. Likewise, we receive no confirmation or feedback from the company on the moderation outcome when we do report content into them. More importantly, it does not appear the platform itself is taking adequate proactive steps to curb the spread of CSAM on their service despite its known use for facilitating the exchange of this type of material,
They’ve been really, really clear on the team that they have no interest. We sporadically reach out, but it’s not frequent anymore,
Telegram is truly in a league of their own as far as their lack of content moderation or even interest in preventing child sexual exploitation activity on their platform,
Based on our observations, Telegram’s platform is increasingly being used to make CSAM available to offenders. In many cases, we see Telegram links or accounts advertised on web forums and even on U.S.-based mainstream social media platforms that act as a funnel to drive traffic to illegal Telegram-based content,
Do you think this time they'll appeal to Paris and demand Durov's release?"
This is in no way a political decision. It is up to the judges to decide,
They require a no less serious basis of evidence. Otherwise they will be a direct attempt to limit freedom of communication,
The accusations are very serious indeed, and they require an equally serious basis of evidence,
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said at his press briefing Tuesday according to news agency Interfax 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,
We are closely monitoring the developments related to Telegram and stand ready to cooperate with the French authorities should it be relevant."
An European Union Commission spokesperson told Newsweek 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,
the Abu Dhabi foreign ministry said 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."
the statement said, adding 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,
the ministry said in the statement It is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner is responsible for the abuse of that platform,