The owner of the messaging application Telegram, Pavel Durov, that is under examination in France, stated late Thursday that French authorities ought to have taken their grievances to his firm as opposed to detaining him.
In a post on Telegram his very first remark considering that his apprehension, Durov stated it was “surprising” that he was being delegated other individuals’s material.
“Using laws from the pre-smartphone era to charge a CEO with crimes committed by third parties on the platform he manages is a misguided approach,” he stated.
He additionally stated the examination right into the application was shocking as the French authorities might have spoken to Telegram’s EU rep any time.
Durov cases Telegram is not anarchic heaven
Durov, that was birthed in Russia yet additionally holds French citizenship, was apprehended in France late last month as component of an examination right into criminal offenses associated with kid porn, medicine trafficking and deceptive deals connected to use the application.
According to Durov, Telegram is not excellent, yet he refuted that the application proactively allowed criminal offense.
“But the claims in some media that Telegram is some sort of anarchic paradise are absolutely untrue,” he created. “We take down millions of harmful posts and channels every day.”
chief executive officer pledges to make Telegram much safer
Durov stated Telegram’s rising customer numbers, which he currently places at 950 million around the world, “caused growing pains that made it easier for criminals to abuse our platform.”
The chief executive officer stated he has actually made it his individual objective “to ensure we significantly improve things in this regard,” including that this is being exercised “internally” and even more information would certainly be cooperated the future.
Durov revealed hope that the occasions of August would certainly cause his firm and the social networking sector in its entirety coming to be “safer and stronger.”
He included that if Telegram might not settle on the “right balance between privacy and security” with regional regulatory authorities, the firm would certainly be “ready to leave this country.”
Arrest at Le Bourget airport terminal
Durov was apprehended on August 24 at Le Bourget airport terminal outside Paris upon arrival aboard an exclusive jet and examined by private investigators over the following a number of days.
He was billed after 4 days of apprehension in France on numerous matters of failing to suppress extremist and unlawful material on Telegram.
The Telegram chief executive officer was conditionally launched on bond of EUR5 million ($ 5.5 million). He need to report to a police headquarters two times a week and stay in France.
dh/sms (AFP, Reuters)
