Pirat_Nation 🔴(@Pirat_Nation):Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, has said that the app has “never disclosed a single byte of private messages” to any third party in its 12-year history. His statement comes as he and Telegram face ongoing legal issues in France over the platform’s alleged lack of cooperation with criminal investigations. Durov also said that Telegram only shares limited information like IP addresses and phone numbers of criminal suspects when required under valid legal requests, but not private message content.

2026.05.26 08:00

Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, has said that the app has “never disclosed a single byte of private messages” to any third party in its 12-year history. His statement comes as he and Telegram face ongoing legal issues in France over the platform’s alleged lack of cooperation with criminal investigations. Durov also said that Telegram only shares limited information like IP addresses and phone numbers of criminal suspects when required under valid legal requests, but not private message content.