What We Know About The Charges Filed Against Telegram Ceo Pavel Durov

Founder and CEO of Telegram Pavel Durov delivers a keynote speech during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.REUTERS/Albert GeaTelegram CEO Pavel Durov was charged with six crimes related to illegal activity on his platform.Durov was released from custody, but he is not allowed to leave France.His arrest prompted questions about to what degree executives are responsible for content on their platforms.French authorities charged Telegram CEO Pavel Durov with six crimes on Wednesday related to allegations that the tech leader allowed illegal activity to proliferate on his platform.Following Durov's arrest this weekend, Telegram said in an unattributed statement that the CEO has "nothing to hide," that the company abides by "EU laws," and that "it is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner is responsible for the abuse of that platform."The influential messaging platform has grown to be a primary source of information in the war in Ukraine and Russia but has repeatedly been called out by critics and researchers for refusing to remove graphic, misleading, and sometimes criminal content.

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