“Misguided”: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov hits back at French authorities over his arrest

Axios
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov criticized French authorities on Thursday for pursuing criminal charges against him in connection with illicit activity on the encrypted messaging app.The big picture: In his first public comments since he was arrested last month, the Russian-born tech entrepreneur wrote on Telegram that suggestions that the app he founded was “some sort of anarchic paradise are absolutely untrue.”Durov said he found his arrest last month “surprising” because he “personally helped” French authorities “establish a hotline with Telegram to deal with the threat of terrorism in France.”Paris prosecutors charged Durov last week with offenses including complicity in managing an online platform to enable illegal transactions…
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