When Maillochon and other French journalists continued to report, prosecutors secretly investigated Durov for months on his allegations and Telegram in preventing illegal activities The statement includes fraud, drug trafficking, children's sexual abuse documents (CSAM), organized, organized and terrorist crimes on the platform. The donors alone counted 2,460 cases from 2013 to 2024, of which the legal requirements made for telegram were not answered, according to The Outlet Libération. Maylis de Rogk, a spokesman for the prosecutor's office, told Wired that when her group realized how many investigations between different parts were hindered by the lack of feedback of the telegram. Give the arrest warrant. As they saw, Durov's silence was accomplished with the accomplishment.
Faced with the arrest, no one from Telegram commented publicly. One of Durov's close colleagues, George Lobushkin, former head of PR at Vkontakte,Tell Wired: I am shocked, and everyone is close to Pavel also feels the same. No one is prepared for this situation. Lobushkin added that he was worried about the Telegram's future if Durov was still detained.
In the US, one of the first people reacting to the arrest is Tucker Carlsonright -wing TV server. In a post on X, Carlson called Durov a recovery as a life warning to any owner of the platform that refused to censors the truth at the orders of the Governments and Intel agencies. Elon Musk Posted a clip from Carlson's interview and noted it was #Freepavel. Even Edward SnowdenA strict critic of Telegram's security requirements, expressing alarm. I was very surprised and extremely sad because Macron had taken hostage to be a means to have access to private contact information, he wrote on X. Macron, about his part, gave a statement a statement The father that the Dharma has committed deeply with the freedom of expression, in addition to the arrest: This is not a political decision. Depending on the judges to rule the problem.
On Sunday night after Durov was arrested, his custody was expanded to a limit of 96 hours. According to Maillochon's sources, he slept in a cramped cell, although investigators gave in rare to let Durov have a newly assigned outfit. According to the next question, Durov stated that he did not respond to the demands of destruction from the law enforcement agency; The police only sent their request to the wrong location. .
On August 28, nearly four days after being arrested, Durov was officially prosecuted for six allegations. The most serious constituent in managing an online platform to allow organized illegal and illegal criminal transactions, has applied a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, as well as a fine of 500,000 euros ( $ 521,000). With guarantee placed at 5 million euros ($ 5.2 million) and was paid quickly, Durov was released that night but was banned from leaving the country. He was also ordered to report to a police station twice a week.
The case against Durov, the CEO of a huge orthodox platform, is unprecedented. And it came as soon as his claimed freedom and attitude Laissez-Faire for the content of content seemed to be promoted. The small size of Durov's group really inspired Musk to firm 80 % of Twitter employees when he took over it, followed by Character limitA book by Kate Chener and Ryan Mac. Musk withdrew the censorship and safety teams of the company. If Durov can run a platform with about 60 full -time employees, most of them in Dubai, why not try something similar? Recently, Mark Zuckerberg has fired Meta actual testers in the US and loosened the implementation of rules against inflammatory content on the foundation of the company. Recent Viking's elections, Zuckerberg, said it was a cultural outbreak of Muslims who once again prioritized the speech.