the founder and CEO of Telegram, announced on Sunday that he declined a request from a “Western European government” aiming to “silence” conservative channels in Romania as the nation ...

of personally requesting that he censor conservative voices on Telegram ahead of Romania’s presidential election rerun. Durov claimed he rejected the appeal. The controversy comes amid broader ...

Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, delivers a speech at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 23, 2016. ALBERT GEA / REUTERS What is Pavel Durov playing at? On Sunday, May 18, as Romania was ...

The timing raised concern, as Romania was amid a ... Critics said France pressured Telegram to force the app to implement tighter controls and more censorship. The chief executive of Helius ...

"A Western European government... approached Telegram, asking us to silence conservative voices in Romania ahead of today's presidential elections. I flatly refused," Durov wrote on Telegram.

Durov had earlier yesterday said he had refused a request by a western government to silence conservative voices ahead of the Romania run-off vote. “Telegram will not restrict the freedoms of ...

The Russian-born co-founder of Telegram alleged in a post on X on Sunday night that DGSE chief Nicolas Lerner had asked him this spring "to ban conservative voices in Romania ahead of elections".

"A Western European government... approached Telegram, asking us to silence conservative voices in Romania ahead of today's presidential elections. I flatly refused," founder Pavel Durov wrote on ...