Pavel Douru, founder of the Telegram Correspondence application, who was accused in France last year of a set of crimes related to illegal activity on the application, allowed the country to temporarily leave.
Mr. Dorov was prevented from leaving France, but the Paris Prosecutor’s Office said on Monday that the judges who deal with his case had raised travel restrictions between March 15 and April 7, when he must return to France.
“I returned to Dubai after I spent several months in France because of the investigation of the activity of criminals in the telegram,” said Mr. Dorov, a Russian -born businessman, who also has nationality in France and the United Arab Emirates. “The process continues, but it is great to be at home.”
Mr. Dorov, 40, was arrested near Paris last August and prevented from leaving the country during the investigation. It was a rare step by the French legal authorities, which Charged Personally with collusion by running an online platform, it is seen as enabling illegal activity. After being released from the reservation last year, he was asked to check a police station twice a week.
Mr. Dorov faces a possible sentence of 10 years in prison. He was charged with complicity in crimes such as enabling the distribution of sexual assault materials to children, drug trafficking and fraud and refusing to cooperate with law enforcement.
Mr. Dorov criticized the French authorities for arrest, saying that he could not be Hold an official What users publish on Telegram. But the company has made many changes since August to purchase its platform more aggressively and to be more cooperative with law enforcement agencies all over the world.
“When it comes to moderation, cooperation and crime control, for years, Telegram not only met her legal obligations, but also exceeded its legal obligations,” said Mr. Dorov on Monday.
Telegram, founded by Mr. Dorov in 2013, says it contains more than a billion users. It has made the sporadic supervision of the content created by users common among people who live under authoritarian governments, but the supervision of relaxation also allowed White content and harmful content To break up.
The French issue mocked An international debate about freedom of expression On the Internet and the responsibility of technology companies towards the Khattab Police and the actions of the statute users. Some governments, especially in the European Union, are increasingly examining and pressing technology companies to address the safety of the child, terrorism, misinformation and the spread of other harmful content.
In France, Telegram participated in multiple criminal cases associated with sexual assault, drug trafficking, and virtual hate crimes. Paris Public Prosecutor, Lore Picoow, last year He said The organization showed a “almost complete absence” to respond when they are asked to cooperate with the application of the law.
Mr. Dorov is among a small but increasing list of high -level technical figures who were accused of crimes committed by users with their platforms, including RossW OlbrichtSilk Road, the Silk Road, and Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, who admitted to be guilty last year United States money laundering violations That happened on the encryption currency platform.
President Trump pardon Mr. Ulbricht in January.
Aurelien PREDEREN She contributed to the reports from Paris.
