Pavel Durov Has Been Charged and Must Remain in France
Pavel Durov has been accused of participating in organized criminal activities, money laundering, and refusing to provide data upon the authorities' request. This information was disclosed in a press release from the French prosecutor's office, obtained by "Novaya Gazeta Europe".
As a result of these charges, Durov is now under judicial supervision: he is prohibited from leaving France and must post a bail of 5 million euros. He will be released on bail but will be required to report to a police station in person twice a week.
The list of charges includes six crimes: • Conspiracy to manage an online platform used for illegal transactions as part of an organized group; • Refusal to provide information or documents requested by authorized bodies necessary for lawful wiretapping; • Complicity in crimes by allowing Telegram access to users involved in distributing child pornography, trafficking drugs, fraud, and other criminal activities; • Money laundering resulting from crimes or offenses as part of an organized group; • Providing cryptographic services without proper declaration; • Importing cryptographic tools to ensure confidentiality without prior declaration.
Pavel Durov Has Been Charged and Must Remain in France
Pavel Durov has been accused of participating in organized criminal activities, money laundering, and refusing to provide data upon the authorities' request. This information was disclosed in a press release from the French prosecutor's office, obtained by "Novaya Gazeta Europe".
As a result of these charges, Durov is now under judicial supervision: he is prohibited from leaving France and must post a bail of 5 million euros. He will be released on bail but will be required to report to a police station in person twice a week.
The list of charges includes six crimes: • Conspiracy to manage an online platform used for illegal transactions as part of an organized group; • Refusal to provide information or documents requested by authorized bodies necessary for lawful wiretapping; • Complicity in crimes by allowing Telegram access to users involved in distributing child pornography, trafficking drugs, fraud, and other criminal activities; • Money laundering resulting from crimes or offenses as part of an organized group; • Providing cryptographic services without proper declaration; • Importing cryptographic tools to ensure confidentiality without prior declaration.
Individual messages can be fully encrypted. But the user has to turn on that function. It's not automatic, as it is on Signal and WhatsApp. Since its launch in 2013, Telegram has grown from a simple messaging app to a broadcast network. Its user base isn’t as vast as WhatsApp’s, and its broadcast platform is a fraction the size of Twitter, but it’s nonetheless showing its use. While Telegram has been embroiled in controversy for much of its life, it has become a vital source of communication during the invasion of Ukraine. But, if all of this is new to you, let us explain, dear friends, what on Earth a Telegram is meant to be, and why you should, or should not, need to care. On February 27th, Durov posted that Channels were becoming a source of unverified information and that the company lacks the ability to check on their veracity. He urged users to be mistrustful of the things shared on Channels, and initially threatened to block the feature in the countries involved for the length of the war, saying that he didn’t want Telegram to be used to aggravate conflict or incite ethnic hatred. He did, however, walk back this plan when it became clear that they had also become a vital communications tool for Ukrainian officials and citizens to help coordinate their resistance and evacuations. In a statement, the regulator said the search and seizure operation was carried out against seven individuals and one corporate entity at multiple locations in Ahmedabad and Bhavnagar in Gujarat, Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, and Mumbai. Although some channels have been removed, the curation process is considered opaque and insufficient by analysts.
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