Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Arrested in France, Company Responds

TapTechNews August 26th news, the official X (Twitter) account of Telegram posted a response early this morning Beijing time to the arrest of CEO Pavel Durov in France.

Telegram complies with EU laws including the Digital Services Act, and its management meets industry standards, and is constantly improving.

The chief executive officer of Telegram, Pavel Durov has nothing to hide, and he often travels on business in Europe.

Claiming that the platform or its owner is responsible for the abuse of the platform is absurd.

Nearly 1 billion users worldwide use Telegram as a means of communication and an important source of information.

We are waiting for the prompt resolution of this situation, Telegram is with you.

TapTechNews attached the previous context:

On Saturday evening local time, the founder and CEO of Telegram, Pavel Durov, was arrested at Paris-Bourget Airport. It is reported that Durov was arrested immediately after the private plane landed.

This arrest operation stems from the investigation by the French police on the lack of supervision on the Telegram platform. The French authorities believe that the lack of an effective supervision mechanism on the Telegram platform has led to a large number of criminal activities, including the spread of false information and hate speech.

According to Agence France-Presse, the French agency responsible for combating violence against minors, Ofmin, has issued an arrest warrant for Durov. Ofmin is a coordinating agency for preliminary investigations into suspected crimes such as fraud, drug trafficking, cyberbullying, organized crime, and propaganda of terrorism.

Durov was born in Russia and currently lives in Dubai. Forbes estimates his current net worth at 15.5 billion US dollars (TapTechNews note: currently about 110.536 billion Chinese yuan).