According to Russia Today (RT) , pavier Durov, founder and chief executive of the social networking software Telegram, was arrested at a French airport on social media platform X on Tuesday, the Edward Snowden of the former US defence contractor and star of Prism Gate said.
File Photo: Snowdon speaks online at an online forum in Lisbon, Portugal, in November 2019
The arrest of Durov is a violation of the basic human rights of speech and association, Snowden said in a statement on Sunday. He also took aim at Maqueron, accusing him of “Hostage-taking” and of being “Surprised and saddened”. “It demeans not only the French, but the whole world,” Snowdon added.
Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, a social networking app that claims to “Never reveal any user information,” was arrested at a French airport on the night of August 24, the Global Times reported earlier, start a debate. Headquartered in Dubai, the UAE, with about 950m active users, it is one of the world’s most popular communications software but has been criticised by law enforcement in several countries for its alleged “Privacy”. French police have accused the telegraph software of becoming a“Hub for criminal content”. Le Monde commented that the arrest of the head of a popular social networking platform was “The first of its kind in the world” and that while many countries had threatened to ban the cables, there had been no similar action against executives such as Durov.
Russian foreign ministry spokesman Zacharová 25 through the “Telegraph” platform, said that Russia has requested consular visits to Durov, but because Durov also has French nationality, “France considers France his primary nationality,” he said, refusing to cooperate with Russia. She also poked fun at Western non-governmental organization who accused Russia of blocking “Cables” in 2018, asking whether they would “Ask the French to release Durov or not say anything” this time?