Telegram founder breaks silence, calling charges ‘misguided’

Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, is pictured onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 on Sept. 21, 2015, in San Francisco. Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch

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Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov broke his silence eight days after being indicted by French authorities.

On his personal Telegram channel, amid thank yous, hearts and thumbs up emojis, Durov defiantly refuted claims that his messaging platform is “an anarchic paradise” and criticized the French charges as ‘misguided.’

“If a country is unhappy with an internet service, the established practice is to start a legal action against the service

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