Pavel Durov CEO of Telegram arrested in France

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Pavel #Durov apparently knew that the gendarmes were waiting for him at the airport—at the last moment, he tried to divert the plane to avoid landing in Paris. 🗼

According to ✈️Flightradar24, the Embraer Legacy jet carrying the #Telegram founder from 🇦🇿Baku suddenly changed its flight path while flying over the French city of Reims.

The jet turned south around 7:10 p.m. local time, about 20 minutes before the scheduled landing. Interestingly, five minutes later, the plane returned to its original course toward Paris Le Bourget Airport.

It is likely that French authorities and air traffic controllers forced the pilots to do this, although another theory suggests the Embraer didn’t have enough fuel to leave France.

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Dmitry Medvedev's commentary on Pavel Durov's arrest:

"Once, quite a long time ago, I asked Durov why he did not want to cooperate with law enforcement agencies on serious crimes. “This is my principled position,” he said. “Then there will be serious problems in any country,” I told him.

He decided that his biggest problems were in Russia, and he left, and then also received citizenship/residence permits in other countries. He wanted to be a brilliant "man of the world" who lives well without a homeland. Ubi bene ibi patria!

He miscalculated. For all our common enemies now, he is Russian – and therefore unpredictable and dangerous . Of a different blood. Definitely not Musk or Zuckerberg (who, by the way, actively cooperates with the FBI). Durov needs to finally understand that one does not choose one’s Fatherland, just like one does not choose one’s times…"

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I doubt that Russia uses a random messenger service similar to every other random chat or message system preloaded onto any new cell phone for serious military intelligence... Is there some sort of proof that Russia is using something generally as unsecured as that for such valuable and important information?

I don't believe it

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Telegram team issues first statement on its founder’s arrest, calls out absurdity of accusations against Durov

“It is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform,” the statement published on the official Telegram channel said.

“Telegram abides by EU laws, including the Digital Services Act — its moderation is within industry standards and constantly improving. Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has nothing to hide and travels frequently in Europe,” the channel said.

“Almost a billion users globally use Telegram as means of communication and as a source of vital information. We’re awaiting a prompt resolution of this situation. Telegram is with you all,” the statement concluded.

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Durov won’t bend to Western governments like Zuckerberg, that’s why he faces charges - scholar

"The French justice system has deliberately twisted the spirit of the law to formulate excessive charges against Durov. It is clear that this is a pretext," Jacques Sapir, director of studies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris, told Sputnik.

The charges brought by the French authorities against Pavel Durov stem from his refusal to censor his Telegram instant messaging service, according to the pundit. Sapir contends that it is unjust to accuse the Telegram founder of complicity in terrorism, drug trafficking, and child pornography - particularly in light of the content that permeates other social networks.

"His case is similar to all the measures that are currently being taken in Western countries that are infringing on freedom of expression," he said.

Sapir suggests that the main difference between Durov and Mark Zuckerberg, whose Instagram "has a massive child exploitation problem", is that Zuckerberg censors free speech and apparently provided Western governments with a backdoor access to user data, as Elon Musk implied on August 25.

"This is one more step, after the long prosecutions against Julian Assange and those against Snowden, in a long list of attacks on freedom of expression in Western countries," Sapir said.

According to the pundit, what should be regarded as mere administrative offenses are being reclassified as serious crimes based on dubious motives and reasoning. Consequently, he stated, social networks are now facing criminalization.

The French scholar believes this trend will further elevate the significance of social networks that originate outside the Western world and may uphold freedom of expression.

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Paris prosecutor’s office to make statement on Durov’s detention on Monday

A press statement will be issued tomorrow

PARIS, August 25. /TASS/. The Paris prosecutor’s office will make a statement on the detention of Telegram messenger founder Pavel Durov on Monday, August 26, a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office told TASS.

"A press statement will be issued tomorrow," he said when asked to clarify the causes for Durov’s detention and his current status.

The LCI television channel reported earlier that Durov had been arrested at Le Bourget Airport late on August 24. He has been placed in custody and may soon be brought to court, the TF1 television channel said. According to TF1, Durov might be charged with terrorism, drug trafficking, fraud, money laundering and child pornography.

Currently, entire information about Durov’s detention is coming from the French media while official agencies are keeping silent. Both the French interior and justice ministries refused from commenting on the case either to TASS or to Western media. The Paris police department said that they know nothing about this case. The Russian embassy in Paris said it had demanded that the French authorities observe Durov’s rights but Paris is dodging cooperation on this matter.

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Utter insanity. The U.S. government tried to hire one of Pavel Durov’s engineers behind his back.

This move only reinforces the need for more decentralization—not just in our communication apps, but also in our finances and, most importantly, our governments. The Monero ethos resonates here: we must resist Orwellian centralized control.

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Posted by Denise/Dizi (here)
I doubt that Russia uses a random messenger service similar to every other random chat or message system preloaded onto any new cell phone for serious military intelligence... Is there some sort of proof that Russia is using something generally as unsecured as that for such valuable and important information?

I don't believe it

I'm with you here. I very much doubt it too. Information is shared through verified channels, as an additional press resource: actual information gathering/intel etc.. won't use internet based platforms. For field ops a whole different range of resources will be utilised.

In WW2, confirmed by an elderly chap I once had an unexpected chat with at a bus stop, who'd found highly sensitive information in a garbage bin at the back of the defence facility he worked at way back then, told me that the documents he found detailed alternative radio channels unknown to usual service personnel, for their comms.

So, however they are conducting SIGINT these days, it won't be via Telegram.

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BREAKING:

Rumble founder, Chris Pavlovski, leaves Europe, due to the arrest of Telegram's Durov.

After the arrest of Durov, the founder of the YouTube competition - Rumble, left Europe in fear.

"I'm a little late to this, but for good reason — I've just safely departed from Europe.

France has threatened Rumble, and now they have crossed a red line by arresting Telegram's CEO, Pavel Durov, reportedly for not censoring speech.

Rumble will not stand for this behavior and will use every legal means available to fight for freedom of expression, a universal human right. We are currently fighting in the courts of France, and we hope for Pavel Durov's immediate release." he said.

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🇫🇷⚔️🇷🇺New details about Pavel Durov's arrest:

- Durov did not want to land in France, but his plane had to refuel there.
- He was arrested right at the steps of his private jet.
- The EU plans to conduct a high-profile trial with the maximum possible number of charges.
- The trial will take place soon, as the legal framework was prepared in secret.
- Durov will be pressured to grant access to ANY correspondence or chat of interest to the prosecution.

Feels like a really well played specops

Overall, this is a failure on the part of the EU, and it was surely orchestrated by the US. France and the EU can say goodbye to high-tech millionaires coming to their soil. As for freedom of speech, it's not even worth discussing. Everybody saw it now.

However, I have no doubt that Telegram will become even more popular very soon. Will Durov betray us all? Unlikely. He has always stood by his principles. But as it is being said, time will tell.

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Posted by Ravenlocke (here)
Starting this thread to follow up on news and significance of this situation with Pavel Durov. If not needed Mods please delete, Thank you.

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🇷🇺The arrest of Durov is equivalent to the arrest of the chief of communications of the Russian army , said the head of the Center for the Development of Transport Technologies, Alexei Rogozin.

“The transmission of intelligence, artillery adjustments, broadcasting of video feeds from copters and much more is really done very often today via Telegram”
- ISZ reports

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• Outrage After Arrest Of Telegram CEO Durov In France 🇫🇷 'This Is Madness'

Russian tech billionaire Pavel Durov of the messaging app Telegram has been arrested in France . Durov was arrested when he landed in Paris from Azerbaijan on his private plane. According to channel TF1, he was arrested because Telegram shares little or no information about its users and uses too few moderators, giving 'criminals free rein'. According to French 🇫🇷 justice, Telegram is complicit in drug trafficking, fraud, pedo crime, terrorism and money laundering, among other things. The messaging service has more than 950 million users.

• France 🇫🇷 calls the kettle black

Durov's arrest causes great outrage. Candace Owens points out that he truly believes in freedom of speech and has set up a platform that the Deep State cannot reach. “So they have arrested him now. This is madness. The Western world is not free. Perhaps never,” she writes. According to her, France 🇫🇷 is calling the kettle black. “They have a pedophile First Lady and the entire Deep State is run by pedophiles,” Owens said. Doctor Robert Malone warns that France has become an unsafe country. “The Western world has gone crazy.”

• dutch 🇳🇱 (+ Multi-Language Options). 🦜🦋🌳

• Telegram Founder & CEO Pavel Durov ARRESTED in France! 🇫🇷 It's a WAR on Free Speech! Viva Frei Vlawg:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=WcE11wGM4QU

• Telegram Durov arrested as plane lands in France 🇫🇷 Zakharova, NGO hypocrisy:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GAKt8fCZDw4

See also:

• Internet Censorship: So it continues...

[Abondance]

We have no access in France to Rumble since years now. You could bet that telegram will follow...