Pavel Durov criticized the European Union for its attempts to censor the internet and restrict freedom of speech.
Telegram founder Pavel Durov criticized the European Union for attempting to censor the internet.
“The EU is imposing impossible rules to punish tech companies that refuse to silently censor free speech. We saw the same thing in France: a baseless 'criminal investigation,' and then the intelligence services offered their assistance if Telegram would quietly censor free speech in Romania and Moldova,” Durov wrote.
This is likely his comment on the EU fine imposed on Elon Musk's social network X. The social network was fined 120 million euros “for insufficient transparency of advertising and user accounts.”
In particular, Europe was unhappy with the “blue checkmark” for verified accounts, which, it was argued, did not confirm the authenticity of the profiles or the credibility of the content published there.
Furthermore, according to the European Commission, the microblogging service does not comply with advertising transparency requirements and does not provide regulators with access to public data.
The European Commission gave X 60 days to take action to correct the “blue tick” violations and 90 days to address issues of advertising transparency and data access.
The decision has already sparked protests from the White House and the State Department.
