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France Rejects Telegram Creator Pavel Durov’s Request to Travel to the US

Paris: Telegram Founder Denies Travel Request French authorities have rejected claims that Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, requested to travel to the United States for a meeting with an investment fund, according to prosecutors on Thursday. Durov, 40, was previously detained in Paris in 2024 and is currently under investigation for illegal content related […]

Pavel Durov’s Telegram faces EU probe over possible breach  of digital rules

Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov, already in legal trouble in France, is reportedly facing a new headache after European Union regulators launched an investigation into whether his messaging app circumvented digital regulations. EU legal and data experts suspect Telegram misreported that its platform had fewer than 45 million users, a threshold below which large online platforms […]

Pavel Durov’s lawyer says probe against Telegram boss is ‘absurd’

A lawyer for Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, who is the subject of an unprecedented investigation in France, said on Thursday it was “absurd” to hold the head of a social network responsible for any criminal activity carried out on the platform. The case against Durov, which highlights the government's uneasy relationship with major social media […]

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s arrest part of larger investigation, French officials say

French prosecutors said the arrest of Telegram co-founder and CEO Pavel Durov was part of a broader investigation into the social media app, which has been accused of allowing criminal activity to flourish by failing to cooperate reliably with law enforcement. Paris prosecutor Laure Vecuot said in a statement that Durov, 39, was suspected of […]