One year has passed since the arrest of the CEO of Telegram and the co -founder Pavel Dorov, which angered freedom of expression and anxiety about the future of moderation from the statute.
On August 24, 2024, Dorov was arrested at the Paris-Le Burgit Airport in Paris, France as part of the investigation conducted by the French National Judicial Police. The 12 -time charges against him claim that he is complicit in serious crimes committed by users on his platform.
Dorov has expressed confusion and frustration over the issue in recent interviews. Advocates of freedom of expression strongly criticized, saying that it has serious effects on freedom of expression and the development of the platform.
Now, after a year has passed, there is little progress in the case, and the new challenges for the user’s privacy on correspondence platforms rises.
One year after the arrest of Dorouf, no trial was determined
Dorouf was arrested last year after France Lux minerals – the Criminal Enforcement Agency that oversees crimes against minors – issued a preliminary investigation of Telegram.
Investigators He claimed that Telegram does not modify contentConsequently, Durov was complicit in alleged crimes ranging from fraud, drug trafficking, electronic crime and organized crime.
In a statement, Telegram claimed that she was exposed to infected with the laws of the European Union, including the Digital Services Law and that moderation is among the standards of industry.
Ton Society, an organization behind the development of the open network based on the former Blockchain project in Telegram, He called for arrest “A direct attack on the basic human right.” Inviring violations Edward Snowden accused French President Emmanuel Macron “take the hostages to reach private contacts.”
Dorouv was not His silence was broken until September 2024When he said in a statement on Telegram that the company “was ready to leave the markets inconsistent with our principles.” He also claimed that he was surprised by the arrest, given that Telegram has many mechanisms through which he cooperates with the authorities.
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Dorov said that arrest She had personal losses Likewise, his partner, Jolly Vavilova, had a miscarriage due to stress from the investigation.
He did not His first appearance in court Until December, after a few months, Limited Freedom To travel to the United Arab Emirates to do business during the case against him in France.
In an interview with Taker Karlson, Dorov He explained that he is not currently on the trial But the commitment to appear before the so -called “investigation judges” whose mission is to “know if there is sufficient evidence to put it in the trial.”
The current condition called that in France it remains “very strange and not necessary”, given that procedural, it should appear before the court only every few months. He said he hoped that the situation will be resolved, or that he could raise at least travel restrictions, in the next few months.
As of August 24, the investigation is still ongoing.
Governments curbed the cryptocurrencies worldwide
Dorov’s case comes at a time when organizers all over the world aim to achieve encrypted correspondence services.
Denmark, which currently has the presidency of the European Council, has Law of a draft law This will require encrypted correspondence platforms, including WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram, to wipe every message, image and video sent by users.
According to the draft law, which was called “the regulations to prevent and combat sexual assault on children”, or “controlling chat” content The support of 19 member states 27. For traffic, it must have support from at least 15 countries, and those countries must contain at least 65 % of the European Union population.
The European encryption initiative requested the citizens to contact the members of the European Parliament and said it would participate directly with the organizers in the stakeholder session in September.
Dorov He said He prefers to get out of Telegram from some markets from compliance with the regulations that violate the company’s moral principles regarding privacy.
He said: “Telegram prefers to get out of the market instead of undermining encryption with the background and violating basic human rights. Unlike some of our competitors, we do not trade privacy for the market share.”
In the state of Dorov, Russia, it owns the government Breakage On the encrypted messengers, prohibit WhatsApp and Telegram, claiming that they are used in fraud and terrorism. It also banned Facebook, Instagram and X.
Instead, the government has developed the MAX correspondence application, along with VK, a social media platform itself developed by Durov. Dorov left VK in 2014 after refusing to hand over the user data for Ukrainian demonstrators who appear against the pro -Russian president Victor Yanukovic.
Max, which is said Integrate Government services and payments were accused to a direct counterpart in the application, by storing user data, including contacts, descriptive data, IP addresses, timelines, and the available data available to the authorities. The phones sold in Russia will come with the previously installed application starting from September 1.
Throughout the world, encrypted messengers are exposed to increasing pressure to bargaining on privacy. Whether it is in an increasingly authoritarian country or in light of the very legitimate interest in the safety of the child, the user’s privacy, by simply seizing it, is not profitable easily. Dorov’s case, while it continues at an ice pace, will undoubtedly have effects on how to organize the Apostles and allow development.
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