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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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[-] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Nobody is coming after Signal because nobody uses Signal. Telegram has a user base of almost 1 billion.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

I think Signal is liked by the US government. I doubt it would be targeted. Also the US has laws protecting platforms.

[-] taanegl@beehaw.org 0 points 2 months ago

Yeah. A lot of people use Facebook and TikTok too, yet here we are on Lemmy. How many users are there here?

[-] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

I love lemmy, but it's irrelevant on the big picture. Same with Signal.

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