Access Now and 24+ others wrote to Pavel Durov in late 2021 asking Telegram to add transparent content rules, an appeals process, and more; Durov didn't respond
Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal :
Telegram will provide users' IP addresses and phone numbers to authorities after valid legal requests, changing its terms of service to deter criminal activity
- Telegram to provide user data in response to legal requests — Durov faces charges in France for crimes committed on his app
France charges Pavel Durov for complicity in the spread of CSAM and other crimes on Telegram; Durov posted a €5M bail and prosecutors banned him from traveling
- Pavel Durov isn't responsible for crimes on app, lawyer says — Durov out of detention on €5 million bail; can't leave France
Sources: Emmanuel Macron invited Pavel Durov to move Telegram to Paris in 2018; in 2017, a joint operation between French and UAE spies hacked Durov's iPhone
Pavel Durov had lunch with the French president six years ago. His phone was hacked the previous year by French and U.A.E. spies.
French President Emmanuel Macron says the government was not involved in the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and “this is in no way a political decision”
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Sources: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France as part of a probe into Telegram allegedly allowing a range of crimes due to a lack of moderation
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Dubai-based Telegram says CEO Pavel Durov has “nothing to hide” and the app “abides by EU laws”, including the Digital Services Act, after France arrested Durov
- Company says it isn't responsible for abuse on messaging app — Billionaire co-founded taken into custody at a Paris airport
Telegram says it added 70M users on Monday amid the outage of Facebook's products; Telegram recently reported passing 1B total downloads and 500M MAUs
Manish Singh / TechCrunch : Source: Durov's Channel .
Apple pulls Telegram apps from the App Store for inappropriate content; founder Durov expects both apps to return once protections are in place
Update:Both Telegram iOS apps are now back on the App Store. Original story follows below — The Telegram messaging apps appear …