Pavel Durov says Telegram would exit markets before betraying users

Telegram vows to exit markets over encryption backdoor demands

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has criticized the French government for attempting to ban encryption, calling it a serious threat to digital privacy. In an April 21 statement on X, Durov revealed that French lawmakers nearly passed a bill last month that would have forced messaging apps to include backdoors that would give law enforcement agencies access to private messages. The Telegram founder praised the National Assembly for blocking the legis…

Telegram vows to exit markets over encryption backdoor demands - Coin Surges

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has criticized the French government for attempting to ban encryption, calling it a serious threat to digital privacy. In an April 21 statement on X, Durov revealed that French lawmakers nearly passed a bill last month that would have forced messaging apps to include backdoors that would give law enforcement agencies access to private messages. The Telegram founder praised the National Assembly for blocking the legis…

Pavel Durov says Telegram would exit markets before betraying users - WorldNL Magazine

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov expressed concerns over a growing threat to private messaging in France and other European Union countries, warning that Telegram would rather exit certain markets than implement encryption backdoors that undermine user privacy.In an April 21 post to his “Du Rove’s channel” on Telegram, he posted a message about the EU’s increasing efforts to weaken messaging encryption by adding backdoors, a method that would allow auth…

Telegram User Privacy at Risk? CEO Threatens EU Exit Over Encryption Backdoor Push

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has issued a statement reinforcing the platform's commitment to Telegram user privacy amid French legislative attempts to mandate backdoor access to encrypted messages. While Telegram updated its terms to share limited metadata with authorities under valid court orders,...

According to Pavel Durov, the passage of this law would have meant Telegram's exit from the market. Read more

Pavel Durov asserts that Telegram will leave France or any other market rather than implement backdoors in its encryption systems. The European Union and France continue their desire to weaken encryption through projects such as ProtectEU, despite the strong criticisms of digital freedoms defenders. Durov, pursued in France, calls for the defence of encryption as a fundamental right in the face of a security drift deemed dangerous for individual…