French media have access to recordings of a court hearing dated December 6, 2024, in which Telegram founder Pavel Durov promised investigators and judges to “improve the Messenger moderation procedure.”
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As France Info notes, Durov said at the meeting that Telegram “was not created to be a platform for criminals.” And to combat violations of laws on dissemination of information, he is ready to pay more attention to the moderation procedure and “improve” it.
Pavel did not specify what is meant by improvement, but noted that Telegram already removes between 15 and 20 million accounts that violate the law every month, actively cooperates with law enforcement agencies in different countries and transfers to them, upon request, data on dubious accounts. (there were around 10 of them) thousand).
In 2024, the social network sent information to US authorities about 900 requests. And directly in France, where Durov was detained in August 2024, according to information provided by Telegram about illegal activities in the Messenger, approximately 2 thousand cases were opened.
In November last year, market experts analyzed the situation of online fraud after Durov’s arrest and his statement of cooperation with the investigation and found that there was an exit of attackers from Telegram and a decrease in its income by 70% . At the same time, in the eyes of the public (including Elon Musk), Durov remains a fighter for freedom of expression.
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Ekaterina Alipova
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