The French president says the arrest of the founder of the Telegram app is part of an investigation by French authorities.
President of France Emmanuel Macron takes the position of the founder of the Telegram application, a Russian, in the X message service Pavel Durovin to arrest in France.
– There is false information about the arrest of Pavel Durov. France values freedom of speech and communication, innovation and entrepreneurship more than anything else. It will continue to be like this, Macron writes.
According to Macron, however, people’s freedoms are limited by laws designed to protect them, which the legal system is supposed to monitor.
– The arrest of Telegram’s manager in France is part of an ongoing legal investigation. This is not a political decision. The judges will decide on the matter, Macron writes.
Billionaire Durov, who became rich with communication applications, was arrested in Paris on Sunday after he landed at Le Bourget airport.
The French police recently announced that Durov is still in the custody of the authorities. According to Polisi, Durov is being investigated by the National Cybercrime Police and the National Fraud Investigation Unit.