{"id":3423,"date":"2024-08-26T23:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T23:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/26\/arrest-of-billionaire-telegram-founder-not-a-political-decision-says-french-president\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T23:00:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T23:00:28","slug":"arrest-of-billionaire-telegram-founder-not-a-political-decision-says-french-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/26\/arrest-of-billionaire-telegram-founder-not-a-political-decision-says-french-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest of billionaire Telegram founder not a political decision, says French president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The arrest of the billionaire Telegram founder on French soil was not a political decision, the country\u2019s president has said.<\/p>\n<p>Pavel Durov, who created the <strong>encrypted messaging app<\/strong>, was <strong>detained after his private jet landed<\/strong> at Le Bourget airport on the outskirts of Paris on Saturday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-site-outbrain sdc-site-outbrain--AR_6\">    <\/div>\n<p>He has been arrested and detained as part of a cyber criminality investigation \u2013 concerning crimes related to illicit transactions, child sexual abuse images and fraud \u2013 the Paris prosecutor has said.<\/p>\n<p>In his first public comment on the matter, President Emmanuel Macron said his country \u201cis deeply committed\u201d to freedom of expression but \u201cfreedoms are upheld within a legal framework, both on social media and in real life, to protect citizens and respect their fundamental rights\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He denounced \u201cfalse information\u201d about Durov\u2019s arrest: \u201cThe arrest of the president of Telegram on French soil took place as part of an ongoing judicial investigation. It is in no way a political decision. It is up to the judges to rule on the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--teads\">        <\/div>\n<p>Russian government officials have <strong>expressed outrage at Durov\u2019s arrest<\/strong>, with some calling it politically driven and saying it showed the West\u2019s double standards on freedom of speech.<\/p>\n<p>But this outcry has raised eyebrows among Kremlin critics \u2013 in 2018, Russian authorities tried to block Telegram themselves, but failed and eventually withdrew the ban in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted on its platform, <strong>Telegram said it has nothing to hide<\/strong>, as it abides by EU laws including the digital services act, and its moderation is \u201cwithin industry standards and constantly improving\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform,\u201d Telegram\u2019s post said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost a billion users globally use Telegram as a means of communication and as a source of vital information. We\u2019re awaiting a prompt resolution of this situation. Telegram is with you all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Telegram was founded by Durov and his brother in the wake of the Russian government\u2019s crackdown after mass pro-democracy protests that rocked Moscow at the end of 2011 and 2012. He left after losing control of his previous social media company, Vkontakte (VK).<\/p>\n<p>It is now one of the most downloaded apps in the world with close to <strong>one billion users<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It offers end-to-end encryption \u2013 effectively protecting data from being intercepted \u2013 and has a strong focus on privacy.<\/p>\n<p>But these features have made it a popular place for criminal activity and it was recently exploited <strong>by far-right activists who sparked riots<\/strong> in the UK over the <strong>Southport stabbings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on sky.com<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The arrest of the billionaire Telegram founder on French soil was not a political decision,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}