The head of Telegram, Pavel Durov, has been charged by the French judiciary for allegedly allowing criminal activity on the messaging app but avoided jail with a €5m bail.
The Russian-born multi-billionaire, who has French citizenship, was granted release on condition that he report to a police station twice a week and remain in France, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement.
The charges against Durov include complicity in the spread of sexual images of children and a litany of other alleged violations on the messaging app.
His surprise arrest has put a spotlight on the criminal liability of Telegram, the popular app with around 1 billion users, and has sparked debate over free speech and government censorship.
Nobody is coming after Signal because nobody uses Signal. Telegram has a user base of almost 1 billion.
Yeah. A lot of people use Facebook and TikTok too, yet here we are on Lemmy. How many users are there here?
I love lemmy, but it’s irrelevant on the big picture. Same with Signal.
I think Signal is liked by the US government. I doubt it would be targeted. Also the US has laws protecting platforms.