Zusammenarbeit mit Behörden: Telegram ändert Datenschutzrichtlinie
Im August nahmen die französischen Behörden Telegram-Chef Pavel Durov fest. Der Vorwurf: Sein Unternehmen gebe zu wenig Daten an Behörden weiter und helfe damit Kriminellen. Nun lenkt Durov offenbar ein.
Zusammenarbeit mit Behörden: Telegram ändert Datenschutzrichtlinie
Im August nahmen die französischen Behörden Telegram-Chef Pavel Durov fest. Der Vorwurf: Sein Unternehmen gebe zu wenig Daten an Behörden weiter und helfe damit Kriminellen. Nun lenkt Durov offenbar ein.
Telegram was co-founded by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the brothers who had previously created VKontakte. VK is Russia’s equivalent of Facebook, a social network used for public and private messaging, audio and video sharing as well as online gaming. In January, SimpleWeb reported that VK was Russia’s fourth most-visited website, after Yandex, YouTube and Google’s Russian-language homepage. In 2016, Forbes’ Michael Solomon described Pavel Durov (pictured, below) as the “Mark Zuckerberg of Russia.” To that end, when files are actively downloading, a new icon now appears in the Search bar that users can tap to view and manage downloads, pause and resume all downloads or just individual items, and select one to increase its priority or view it in a chat. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had carried out a similar exercise in 2017 in a matter related to circulation of messages through WhatsApp. After fleeing Russia, the brothers founded Telegram as a way to communicate outside the Kremlin's orbit. They now run it from Dubai, and Pavel Durov says it has more than 500 million monthly active users. Under the Sebi Act, the regulator has the power to carry out search and seizure of books, registers, documents including electronics and digital devices from any person associated with the securities market.
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