Pavel Durov denies that Telegram is an “anarchist paradise” and expects changes to the service

The first consequences of the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov in France have already arrived. The founder and creator of the service published his first public statements after the arrest on his channel: called his arrest “wrong” and denying one of the allegations stemming from his arrest: that the app was an “anarchic paradise” with no moderation or filters: “Claims by some media outlets that Telegram is some kind of anarchic paradise are absolutely false.” “We remove millions of malicious posts and channels every day.”.

According to the creator of Telegram, everything is taking especially long, since he points out that the French authorities had a “direct line” with him, if they wanted. And even, he notes, they could at any time contact Telegram’s representative in the EU to resolve any doubts or complaints about the service.

In addition, he noted that by blaming himself This is not a way to solve any problem with Telegram. or its moderation and filtering system: “If a country is unhappy with an internet service, it is common practice to file a lawsuit against the service itself.. “Using pre-smartphone laws to charge a CEO with crimes committed by third parties on the platform he controls is the wrong approach.”

It should be taken into account that the French justice system accused the creator of Telegram, Pavel Durov, of complicity in many illegal activities what third parties do on the platform, including distributing sexual images of children, so their first statements were quite harsh towards the French justice system.

First Telegram Consequences of Durov’s Discovery

The first consequence of his release on bail was a change in Telegram’s FAQ. The service has made changes to its terms of use. Before September 5, Telegram’s FAQ stated: “All Telegram chats and group chats are private between their participants. We do not process any requests related to them.”

However, the company changed it to: “All Telegram apps have Report buttons that allow you to flag illegal content for our moderators in just a few taps.” It also includes some instructions on how to report messages.

So what does all this mean? Well, their FAQ modification implicitly says that Telegram will start moderating private chats. At least on paper. Will it be enough?