Telegram CEO Pavel Durov spoke for the first time after being released from prison in France on August 28. In a post published on Messenger this Thursday (5), he said, He said his arrest was “surprising” and “wrong”as well as revealing that the growth of the practice makes control even more difficult.
In the text, execution He lists several reasons why he thinks prison is unfair.One of these is that the platform has an official representative in the European Union (EU), which includes France, who receives and responds to all legal requests.
He is also the founder of the messaging service He commented that French authorities could seek their assistance in different ways.He spoke of his frequent visits to the French consulate in Dubai and mentioned a case in which he cooperated in the fight against terrorism in France.
“If a country is unhappy with an internet service, the established practice is to take legal action against the service itself. Using pre-smartphone laws to accuse a CEO of crimes committed by third parties on the platform he runs is misguided”, defended Durov.
Promise of improvement on Telegram
On his channel on the rival WhatsApp application, Durov also noted that Telegram is not an “anarchic paradise” as many people claim and said he was aware of issues with the service. He said the increasing number of users had attracted the attention of criminals looking to exploit the platform.
Faced with the problems, the manager said: Has a personal goal of implementing improvements to Messengerto increase safety for everyone and reduce abuse. “We’ve already started this process internally and will share more details on our progress soon,” he added.
Arrested at Le Bourget airport near Paris, Pavel Durov was detained for four days. According to the indictment; The messaging app has not taken steps to moderate content or cooperate with investigationsmaking the owner complicit in crimes such as fraud, drug trafficking and child sexual abuse.
Source: Tec Mundo
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