French authorities want to add charges, Telegram founder Durov: there may be political forces involved.

Telegram founder Pavel Durov ( was interviewed by former FOX streamer Tucker Carlson this morning on 6/10, discussing his detention in France last August, expressing confusion over what crime he actually committed, and suggesting that there may be political forces behind the incident. Additionally, he emphasized that Telegram has invested a lot of resources in Compliance over the years, but he feels quite perplexed by the actions of the French authorities.

Durov was suddenly arrested at the Paris airport, and the reason remains unclear.

Durov was the first to state that he was detained by the police upon arriving at Paris airport on August 24 last year, completely unaware of what was happening at that moment. He joked:

"The French authorities seem to regard Telegram as some sort of mysterious organization, asking me questions about how the Telegram system operates, which is quite astonishing."

According to the indictment released by French prosecutors at the time, Dulov was charged with 6 counts, including suspected conspiracy to commit a crime, refusal to cooperate with prosecutorial investigations, money laundering, organized crime, failure to truthfully report the provision of cryptocurrency services and assistance in the dissemination of illegal content. Assuming conviction, Dulov faces up to 10 years in prison.

Claims that Telegram is highly compliant, the problem is that French authorities want to add charges.

Durov pointed out that Telegram is an international company, also in compliance with international law, investing millions of dollars in compliance each quarter, and has the endorsement of four major accounting firms. He emphasized that the French authorities' accusation that Telegram is non-compliant is not true:

"We have never overlooked any requirements for 'Compliance', the issue is that they did not follow the formal procedures to request our information."

He criticized the French authorities for excessively interpreting the legal provisions and trying to unjustly accuse him in connection with Telegram, stating that this is very unreasonable.

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The French prosecutor is deliberately making a high-profile case, and the TON community is strongly supporting Durov.

Host Carlson bluntly stated that the entire incident seems to be "deliberately humiliating Durov," and further questioned:

"How can the founder of a tech platform be treated like this, and why aren't those groups that usually raise signs to defend human rights and freedom speaking up?"

Dulov added that his lawyer said prosecutors are usually handled in a low-key manner and are rarely open to the public. But the arrest was not only high-profile, but also issued a press release, which was completely unprecedented.

After the incident, the TON community initiated a petition campaign, garnering support from over 9 million Telegram accounts in a short time, urging the French authorities to release Durov as soon as possible.

If the national system does not guarantee freedom of speech, Telegram does not rule out withdrawing from specific countries.

Shortly after the outbreak of the incident last year, Durov expressed his position:

"If certain national regimes cannot guarantee freedom of speech on Telegram, we will consider a complete withdrawal from that market."

According to data, the monthly active users of Telegram have exceeded 1 billion, making it one of the largest communication community platforms in the world. Durov emphasized that the core value of Telegram is to defend information freedom and should not be sacrificed by political forces.

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