Coin Bureau(@coinbureau):🚨BREAKING: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says Governments are targeting the platform after it refused “secret political demands.” Durov says Telegram has been “quietly asked to grant political favors, such as illegal censorship or surveillance” across multiple countries, and claims that refusing those demands has been followed by coordinated campaigns portraying Telegram as a “cesspool of crime.” He argues Telegram’s moderation is “no worse than that of other major platforms” and questioned whether the ongoing French investigation against him is political, saying it “certainly fits the pattern we see elsewhere.”

2026.08.26 08:15

🚨BREAKING: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says Governments are targeting the platform after it refused “secret political demands.” Durov says Telegram has been “quietly asked to grant political favors, such as illegal censorship or surveillance” across multiple countries, and claims that refusing those demands has been followed by coordinated campaigns portraying Telegram as a “cesspool of crime.” He argues Telegram’s moderation is “no worse than that of other major platforms” and questioned whether the ongoing French investigation against him is political, saying it “certainly fits the pattern we see elsewhere.”