The administration of the Telegram messenger, which, according to the French Libération, had not previously responded to requests from the authorities, after the arrest of Pavel Durov began to respond quite quickly. We are talking about a number of investigations carried out by the police and gendarmerie – in particular, crimes against children.
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The Telegram platform, which previously did not respond to requests from the French authorities, which aroused their anger, immediately after the arrest of Pavel Durov on Saturday, August 24, began to change its strategy. The administration of the service, in particular, responded to requests from the gendarmerie and the Office of Minors (Ofmin) of the national police, providing information that could help in identifying certain suspects. We are talking about crimes against children.
The information was confirmed by the cybercrime department J3 at the Paris prosecutor’s office. Now information about this is being actively disseminated among all employees of the French prosecutor’s office, who are strongly recommended to resume Telegram-related investigations, which until now were listed as suspended. Law enforcement agencies began to more actively contact the Telegram administration on issues of cooperation, and this affected not only France – the Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Belgium also confirmed their readiness for cooperation.