On September 6th, Telegram founder Pavel Durov said through Telegram after his arrest in France, "The claim that Telegram is some kind of anarchist paradise is absolutely untrue. We delete millions of harmful posts and channels every day. And publish a daily Transparency Report, with direct contact with non-governmental organizations, to deal with urgent regulatory requests faster. The number of Telegram users has grown rapidly to 950 million, causing the platform to...
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, speaking through Telegram after his arrest in France, said the company was ready to exit markets incompatible with its privacy and security principles. Durov further mentioned that Telegram has taken similar actions in several countries, such as Russia and Iran. Last month, Durov was arrested at a Paris airport and charged with "assisting in the dissemination of child pornography and drug trafficking, among other crimes." He has now been released by French authorities, ...