Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov did not physically participate in the Oslo Freedom Forum in Oslo, Norway after the French courts denied their request to visit the Scandinavian country.
As Announcement The Human Rights Foundation (HRF)-a non-profit organization that advocates universal human rights and personal freedom, and the host-Durov of the Oslo Freedom Forum will still provide a distant speech on a livestream.
“It is unfortunate that the French courts will prevent Mr. Durov from participating in an incident where his voice needs his voice,” said HRF founder and CEO Thor Helvorson said.
Durov remains a vocal lawyer for free speech and personal freedom. Tech and Crypto industry officials closely monitor the implications for personal freedom from the development related to Pavel Durov and their ongoing legal battle in France.
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Durov claimed that French intelligence services asked him to sensor conservative voices
Pavel Durov recently accused French intelligence officials asked him to ask him to censors the political content related to the Romanian presidential elections on the Telegram platform.
Durov said that he rejected the request. “You cannot defend democracy by destroying democracy. Post,
Although the founder of Telegram did not initially take the name of the intelligence officer or the European Union country, who asked him to censor the material, Durov later revealed more concrete details. Telegram co-founder wrote on 18 May Post,
“In this spring, Nicholas Learner, the head of French intelligence, in the Salon Des Bhetiles, at Hotel de Krillon, asked me to ban conservative voices in Romania before the election. I refused. We refused. We did not block protesters in Russia, Belarus or Iran. We will not start doing it in Europe.”
Durov repeatedly stated that Telegram will not censor political content on the stage and will exit the markets before restricting free speech on the social message application.
Telegram co-founder said that compliance with such heavy political sensorship violates human rights.
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