Telegram founder Pavel Durov was arrested in France on August 25. Politico notes that this is an extremely strange decision, since French leader Emmanuel Macron and members of his team regularly use this messenger, despite warnings about its unreliability and Durov's connections with the Russian FSB.
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- The arrest of Pavel Durov became the object of journalists' attention due to the paradoxical nature of French President Macron's decision.
- French leader Emmanuel Macron uses Telegram, despite warnings about its unreliability and ties to the Russian FSB.
- A representative of Macron's political party admits that Telegram's level of protection is not the best.
Macron uses Telegram all the time
According to the journalists, they received evidence from one of the former French deputies that Macron was online "recently", which means that he is still using Telegram.
However, even this did not save the Russian Pavel Durov from arrest.
The President of France himself commented on the situation as follows:
Durov's arrest was in no way a political decision... France is deeply committed to freedom of speech and communication, innovation and entrepreneurship. It will remain so.
Emmanuel Macron
President of France
According to journalists, the French leader was a Telegram user from the first days of his first presidential campaign.
Almost a decade has passed, but nothing has changed. Moreover, the messenger is becoming more and more popular in France: it is used not only by members of Macron's team, but also by government officials and officials of all ranks and parties.
Why is the Russian government still using Telegram?
Eric Botorel, a representative of Macron's political force "Renaissance", made a comment on this matter. It is he who is responsible for issues related to the cybernetic network.
Interestingly, the politician does not deny "regular use of Telegram, despite more or less legal warnings."
According to Bottorel, Telegram's level of protection is "not the best, but not the worst," noting that Olvid, the French encrypted messaging platform that the prime minister asked cabinet members to use instead of Telegram, "offered more guarantees."
People don't want to start from scratch, lose their chats, the politician said, and also called the use of Telegram in French political circles "the force of habit."
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