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.
In February 2014, the Ukrainian people ousted pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych, prompting Russia to invade and annex the Crimean peninsula. By the start of April, Pavel Durov had given his notice, with TechCrunch saying at the time that the CEO had resisted pressure to suppress pages criticizing the Russian government. The picture was mixed overseas. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 1.6%, under pressure from U.S. regulatory scrutiny on New York-listed Chinese companies. Stocks were more buoyant in Europe, where Frankfurt’s DAX surged 1.4%. Either way, Durov says that he withdrew his resignation but that he was ousted from his company anyway. Subsequently, control of the company was reportedly handed to oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Igor Sechin, both allegedly close associates of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. "We as Ukrainians believe that the truth is on our side, whether it's truth that you're proclaiming about the war and everything else, why would you want to hide it?," he said. Messages are not fully encrypted by default. That means the company could, in theory, access the content of the messages, or be forced to hand over the data at the request of a government.
from cn
