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Telegram CEO charged in France for ‘allowing criminal activity’ on messaging app (www.theguardian.com)

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The head of Telegram, Pavel Durov, has been charged by the French judiciary for allegedly allowing criminal activity on the messaging app but avoided jail with a €5m bail.

The Russian-born multi-billionaire, who has French citizenship, was granted release on condition that he report to a police station twice a week and remain in France, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement.

The charges against Durov include complicity in the spread of sexual images of children and a litany of other alleged violations on the messaging app.

His surprise arrest has put a spotlight on the criminal liability of Telegram, the popular app with around 1 billion users, and has sparked debate over free speech and government censorship.

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[-] rdri@lemmy.world 37 points 3 months ago

Wording is confusing. Here are some better takes that sound valid and are true:

Telegram's e2ee is only available for chats of 2 people, and only on official mobile client.
Telegram's e2ee is a feature you have to enable whenever you need it (called secret chats).

[-] bobr@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org 9 points 3 months ago

and only on official mobile client.

This is incorrect, it is also available in other mobile clients (at least those which are forks of the official one).

[-] Neon@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

And telegrams e2ee destroys all cool features it originally had

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