The French justice system must decide on Wednesday, August 28, whether to charge him and eventually order preventive detention. For Telegram founder Pavel Durov, who was brought before a court after an arrest on Saturday that sparked criticism around the world.
Durov was transferred in the afternoon to the Palace of Justice in Parisafter several days in police custody, awaiting possible indictment by French justice, French media reported.
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The 39-year-old billionaire, who was arrested on Saturday at Le Bourget airport, north of Parisis accused of failing to act against the dissemination of criminal content on its encrypted messaging service.
The company, which has 900 million usersassured that it “complies with the laws of the European Union” and that “it is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuses.”
Telegram has positioned itself as an alternative to American messaging platforms, criticized for their commercial exploitation of users’ personal data, defending confidentiality.
Encrypted messaging plays a key role in the context of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, started in February 2022and is actively used by politicians and observers on both sides.
But his detractors accuse Pavel Durov of hosting often illegal content, from extreme sexual images to misinformationthrough drug purchasing services.
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The French justice system had opened an investigation on July 8 for complicity in organized crimes on the platform such as Drug trafficking, child pornography, fraud and money laundering in an organized gangamong others.
His bodyguard and assistant, who were also arrested on Saturday evening upon their arrival in France with Durov, were released after being questioned, according to a source close to the case.
Now, the courts must decide whether to release him without charges, like his employees, or decide to charge him and eventually order preventive detention or judicial control measures.
(With information from AFP)
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2024-09-01 05:34:38