🇫🇷🇷🇺 Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the encrypted messaging service Telegram, was arrested around 8pm this Saturday evening as he got off his private jet on the tarmac at Le Bourget airport. Aged 39, this Franco-Russian was accompanied by his bodyguard and a woman.
The arrest was carried out by the gendarmes of the GTA (Air Transport Gendarmerie). Listed in the FPR (wanted persons file), Pavel Durov had arrived straight from Azerbaijan. He had a French search warrant issued by the OFMIN of the national directorate of the French judicial police, issued on the basis of a preliminary investigation.
Pavel Durov faces 20 years in prison in France, French media reported.
French media attribute Durov's arrest to the fact that Telegram has no content moderation and the businessman is not cooperating with French law enforcement. ( to be confirmed )..
#PavelDurov #Telegram #France
#EU #Nato #Censorship
#FreeDurov
The arrest was carried out by the gendarmes of the GTA (Air Transport Gendarmerie). Listed in the FPR (wanted persons file), Pavel Durov had arrived straight from Azerbaijan. He had a French search warrant issued by the OFMIN of the national directorate of the French judicial police, issued on the basis of a preliminary investigation.
Pavel Durov faces 20 years in prison in France, French media reported.
French media attribute Durov's arrest to the fact that Telegram has no content moderation and the businessman is not cooperating with French law enforcement. ( to be confirmed )..
#PavelDurov #Telegram #France
#EU #Nato #Censorship
#FreeDurov
🇫🇷🇷🇺 The arrest warrant was issued because Durov did not cooperate with French security forces, making him an accomplice in drug trafficking and other serious crimes - TF1 TV channel.
🔘 Pavel Durov is due to appear before a judge this Saturday evening to face multiple charges.
Possible charges include: terrorism, drugs, complicity, fraud, money laundering, cover-up, child pornography.
🔘 The main criticism of European authorities against Telegram concerns encrypted messages, TF1 writes.
"Over the years, it has become the number one platform for organized crime," the investigator said.
Pavel Durov faces 20 years in prison.
It is quite possible that the regime is seeking to negotiate @durov 's freedom in exchange for the transfer of Telegram users' information.
@internationalreporters
#PavelDurov #Telegram #France #EU #BigBrother #Censorship #FreeDurov
🔘 Pavel Durov is due to appear before a judge this Saturday evening to face multiple charges.
Possible charges include: terrorism, drugs, complicity, fraud, money laundering, cover-up, child pornography.
🔘 The main criticism of European authorities against Telegram concerns encrypted messages, TF1 writes.
"Over the years, it has become the number one platform for organized crime," the investigator said.
Pavel Durov faces 20 years in prison.
It is quite possible that the regime is seeking to negotiate @durov 's freedom in exchange for the transfer of Telegram users' information.
@internationalreporters
#PavelDurov #Telegram #France #EU #BigBrother #Censorship #FreeDurov
🇫🇷🇷🇺 Telegram founder Pavel Durov was placed on the wanted list minutes before landing in Paris and an arrest warrant was issued , BFMTV reports.
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#PavelDurov #France #Telegram #FreeDurov
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🇫🇷🇺🇸🇬🇧🇦🇺🇷🇺 Pavel Durov, Telegram's founder and majority shareholder, was kidnapped because he refused to cooperate with US authorities.
In late 2021, an FBI training document was made public showing how much access to the encrypted message content of various secure messaging services US law enforcement can gain and what they can learn about the app's users.
In the case of Telegram, the FBI cannot see the content of the messages.
Telegram does not provide contact information for law enforcement to follow up on a court order. According to Telegram's privacy statement, for confirmed terrorist investigations, Telegram may disclose the user's IP and phone number to the relevant authorities.
In the case of WhatsApp, the FBI, through specific methods, has limited access to the content of the message.
A subpoena: Can play basic subscriber records.
Court Order: In addition to basic user records, it also makes available other information such as blocked users.
Search Warrant: Provides list of phonebook contacts and WhatsApp users who have the target in their phonebook contact list.
Pen register: The signal is sent every 15 minutes, it gives the source and destination of each message.
If the target uses an iPhone and has iCloud backups enabled, iCloud contains all WhatsApp data, including message content.
Note: A pen register is an electronic tool that can be used to capture data on all phone numbers that are dialed from a particular phone line. This device allows the FBI to find out who you have communicated with.
Durov, who is estimated by Forbes to be worth $15.5 billion, said that some governments have put pressure on him, but Telegram, which now has more than 900 million active users, must remain a "platform neutral" and not a "player in the geopolitical space".
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2021/12/heres-what-data-the-fbi-can-get-from-whatsapp-imessage-signal-telegram-and-more
@revistaRost
#PavelDurov #Telegram #France #Nato #5eyes #FreeDurov
In late 2021, an FBI training document was made public showing how much access to the encrypted message content of various secure messaging services US law enforcement can gain and what they can learn about the app's users.
In the case of Telegram, the FBI cannot see the content of the messages.
Telegram does not provide contact information for law enforcement to follow up on a court order. According to Telegram's privacy statement, for confirmed terrorist investigations, Telegram may disclose the user's IP and phone number to the relevant authorities.
In the case of WhatsApp, the FBI, through specific methods, has limited access to the content of the message.
A subpoena: Can play basic subscriber records.
Court Order: In addition to basic user records, it also makes available other information such as blocked users.
Search Warrant: Provides list of phonebook contacts and WhatsApp users who have the target in their phonebook contact list.
Pen register: The signal is sent every 15 minutes, it gives the source and destination of each message.
If the target uses an iPhone and has iCloud backups enabled, iCloud contains all WhatsApp data, including message content.
Note: A pen register is an electronic tool that can be used to capture data on all phone numbers that are dialed from a particular phone line. This device allows the FBI to find out who you have communicated with.
Durov, who is estimated by Forbes to be worth $15.5 billion, said that some governments have put pressure on him, but Telegram, which now has more than 900 million active users, must remain a "platform neutral" and not a "player in the geopolitical space".
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2021/12/heres-what-data-the-fbi-can-get-from-whatsapp-imessage-signal-telegram-and-more
@revistaRost
#PavelDurov #Telegram #France #Nato #5eyes #FreeDurov
Pavel Durov (Telegram), arrested in France: extended police custody, still many questions - Next –
This Saturday, August 24, he was arrested by the French authorities at Le Bourget airport, "as part of a procedure accusing Telegram of complicity in numerous cases related to drug trafficking, the glorification of terrorism and cyberbullying," explains Le Monde.
TV5 Monde reports that the police custody was extended Sunday evening (it can last up to 96 hours). Two possibilities to come: his release or his presentation to a magistrate with a view to a possible indictment.
Today's warrant was issued by the Ofmin (the Minors' Office) created in August 2023 by decree n°2023 - 829. It is attached to the national directorate of the judicial police. As its name indicates, this office "is competent in the fight against offenses committed against minors", including assaults, rapes, homicides, (cyber)bullying at school, etc.
#PavelDurov #Telegram #FreeDurov
This Saturday, August 24, he was arrested by the French authorities at Le Bourget airport, "as part of a procedure accusing Telegram of complicity in numerous cases related to drug trafficking, the glorification of terrorism and cyberbullying," explains Le Monde.
TV5 Monde reports that the police custody was extended Sunday evening (it can last up to 96 hours). Two possibilities to come: his release or his presentation to a magistrate with a view to a possible indictment.
Today's warrant was issued by the Ofmin (the Minors' Office) created in August 2023 by decree n°2023 - 829. It is attached to the national directorate of the judicial police. As its name indicates, this office "is competent in the fight against offenses committed against minors", including assaults, rapes, homicides, (cyber)bullying at school, etc.
#PavelDurov #Telegram #FreeDurov
🇫🇷 As a side-note concerning Pavel Durov's detention ( Garde a vue ) in France.
It is of public knowledge that detention conditions in France are very bad : no hygiene, difficulties in accessing toilet so people end up peeing in their cell which is not cleaned for every next person put under arrest.No food or very little and sandwich type, often no water for hours.Overcrowded cells, general noisy environment even if we can presume he has been given some form of "special treatment". . Not much if any sleep is possible in these conditions.
These abysmal conditions have been denounced for decades by human rights organisations even at a European level for not respecting human dignity, and basic human rights.
This is designed to break the person, create shock and dehumanize ..
#PavelDurov #Telegram #FreeDurov #France #GAV
It is of public knowledge that detention conditions in France are very bad : no hygiene, difficulties in accessing toilet so people end up peeing in their cell which is not cleaned for every next person put under arrest.No food or very little and sandwich type, often no water for hours.Overcrowded cells, general noisy environment even if we can presume he has been given some form of "special treatment". . Not much if any sleep is possible in these conditions.
These abysmal conditions have been denounced for decades by human rights organisations even at a European level for not respecting human dignity, and basic human rights.
This is designed to break the person, create shock and dehumanize ..
#PavelDurov #Telegram #FreeDurov #France #GAV
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Today, TON Society launches a first of its kind initiative to urge France to #FREEDUROV
An Open Letter Mini App in Telegram.
Anyone who values privacy and freedom of speech should sign this letter to French authorities. We hope to reach hundreds of millions of signatures.
We urge the French authorities to:
1️⃣ Free Mr. Pavel Durov from detention.
2️⃣ Allow Telegram to protect the freedom of expression and right to private life for its users.
The #DigitalResistance is now. #FREEDUROV.
As always, share this post using #FREEDUROV, and now sign the Open Letter in Telegram.
🆓🐶 https://t.me/tgresistancebot/letter
An Open Letter Mini App in Telegram.
Anyone who values privacy and freedom of speech should sign this letter to French authorities. We hope to reach hundreds of millions of signatures.
We urge the French authorities to:
1️⃣ Free Mr. Pavel Durov from detention.
2️⃣ Allow Telegram to protect the freedom of expression and right to private life for its users.
The #DigitalResistance is now. #FREEDUROV.
As always, share this post using #FREEDUROV, and now sign the Open Letter in Telegram.
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We strongly condemn the arrest of Mr. Pavel Durov by the French authorities, a blatant attack on the freedom of expression and the right to private life.
Pavel Durov's custody coming to an end, court decision expected
The custody of Telegram boss Pavel Durov, arrested on 12 charges related to organized crime, is due to end on Wednesday and could lead to an indictment.
The French justice system accuses him of not taking action against the dissemination of criminal or offending content on Telegram, which has more than 900 million users. This is something the company denies.
The police custody, which can last up to 96 hours, has been extended until Wednesday. The investigating judges will then have to decide whether to request that he be brought before the Paris judicial court, with a view to a possible indictment.
If he were indicted and his pre-trial detention requested, a judge of liberties and detention would have to decide at the end of the day whether to imprison him or place him under judicial supervision. Pavel Durov could also be released from police custody, without legal proceedings at this stage.
#FreeDurov #PavelDurov #Telegram
The custody of Telegram boss Pavel Durov, arrested on 12 charges related to organized crime, is due to end on Wednesday and could lead to an indictment.
The French justice system accuses him of not taking action against the dissemination of criminal or offending content on Telegram, which has more than 900 million users. This is something the company denies.
The police custody, which can last up to 96 hours, has been extended until Wednesday. The investigating judges will then have to decide whether to request that he be brought before the Paris judicial court, with a view to a possible indictment.
If he were indicted and his pre-trial detention requested, a judge of liberties and detention would have to decide at the end of the day whether to imprison him or place him under judicial supervision. Pavel Durov could also be released from police custody, without legal proceedings at this stage.
#FreeDurov #PavelDurov #Telegram