The UAE mentioned Tuesday it had requested consular companies for Telegram’s Pavel Durov after the Dubai-based tech boss was arrested in France over alleged failings to curb criminality on the app.
“The UAE is intently following the case of its citizen Pavel Durov, founding father of Telegram, who was arrested by the French authorities in Paris–Le Bourget Airport,” the Gulf state’s overseas ministry mentioned in a press release.
“The UAE has submitted a request to the Authorities of the French Republic to supply him with all the required consular companies in an pressing method,” it added.
Durov, the 39-year-old billionaire founding father of the messaging platform, was arrested on the Paris airport late on Sunday.
He’s accused of failing to curb the unfold of unlawful content material on Telegram, which has greater than 900 million customers. The corporate has rejected the accusations.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday denied there was a political facet to Durov’s arrest because the web mogul spent a second day in French custody.
Late Monday, French authorities once more prolonged his preliminary detention for questioning till Wednesday, in line with a supply near the investigation.
Durov arrange Telegram after leaving Russia a decade in the past, and Forbes journal estimates his present fortune at $15.5 billion.
He holds a French passport along with Russian nationality. In its press info, Telegram says its founder has “twin citizenship of the United Arab Emirates and France”.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned Monday Moscow had obtained no info from France about why he was detained, and “we have no idea concretely what Durov is accused of”.
Dubai-headquartered Telegram mentioned on Sunday that “Durov has nothing to cover and travels continuously in Europe”.
“Telegram abides by EU legal guidelines, together with the Digital Companies Act — its moderation is inside business requirements,” it added.
“It’s absurd to say {that a} platform or its proprietor are chargeable for abuse of that platform.”
