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#Russia charges #Telegram founder #PavelDurov with aiding #terrorism & puts him on international wanted list

The charges against Durov, who was born & began his career in Russia but later moved abroad, came as Russian authorities restrict Telegram, one of the most popular messaging apps in the country. It is part of a long-term effort to bring the #internet under the Kremlin’s full control that has intensified since Moscow launched its invasion of #Ukraine.

#law #tech
https://apnews.com/article/russia-telegram-pavel-durov-ukraine-a6efe4692f3415c2046f0893d114174b

AP News

Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorism and puts him on wanted list

Russia’s main domestic security agency says the founder of the messaging app Telegram has been charged with aiding terrorism and put on an international wanted list.

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 5 days ago

The Federal Security Service, aka the #FSB, accused Telegram’s administration in a statement of failing to remove “numerous channels, chats & bots” that are “actively used by Ukrainian intelligence agencies, terrorist, & extremist organizations to prepare & coordinate acts of sabotage & terrorism, mass murder, & cyberfraud” in #Russia, which resulted in “numerous human casualties.”

#law #tech #Telegram #PavelDurov #Ukraine

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 5 days ago

The agency accused Ukrainian security services of using a popular dating chatbot on #Telegram to lure & recruit Russians for “sabotage & terrorist activities,” & said 46 users of the chatbot, from 12 to 22 years old, have been detained across #Russia since July 2025 for assaulting law enforcement officers, arson & other acts.

#law #tech #PavelDurov #Ukraine

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 5 days ago

#Durov earlier this year announced that #Russia opened a criminal investigation against him & accused them of fabricating pretexts to restrict access to #Telegram as part of an attempt to “suppress the right to privacy & free speech.”
…Under #Putin, Russian authorities have engaged in multipronged efforts to rein in the #internet. They adopted restrictive laws & banned websites & platforms that don’t comply & focused on improving #technology to monitor & manipulate online traffic.
#law #Ukraine

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