MOSCOW : The founder of the Telegram messaging app said on Sunday he had refused a request by a Western government, which he did not name but appeared to imply was France, to silence conservative voices in Romania ahead of a presidential election run-off there.Romanians were voting on Sunday in a run-off

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The founder of the Telegram messaging app said on Sunday he had refused a request by a Western government, which he did not name but appeared to imply was France, to silence conservative voices in Romania ahead of a presidential election run-off there.

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    Does Durov have anything to support his claims?

    French intelligence rejects Telegram founder’s claim of Romania vote meddling

    France’s foreign intelligence service on Monday rejected claims from Telegram founder Pavel Durov that its chief had requested the tech mogul to ban pro-conservative Romanian accounts from the platform ahead of weekend elections.

    Durov was sensationally detained in Paris in 2024 and is under formal investigation by French authorities over illegal content on his popular service […]