MOSCOW (Reuters) - The founder of the Telegram messaging app said on Sunday he had refused a request by a Western government, which he did not name but appeared to imply was France, to silence ...

Europe’s busy election schedule in 2025 and 2026 is being targeted by AI-generated manipulation on social media. But this ...

Pavel Durov, the Russian-born CEO of Telegram, claimed that "a Western European country" requested him to suppress conservative-leaning public opinion ahead of the Romanian presidential election. On ...

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov on Sunday said that he refused a request by a “Western European government” to “silence” conservative channels in Romania, as the country undertakes a second round ...

The 40-year-old, who holds French and Russian passports, was detained in Paris in August 2024 and is under investigation. Durov was arrested in France in 2024 ...

A report by analysis company OpenMinds claims that a quarter of Romanian-language Telegram channels disseminate pro-Kremlin propaganda, potentially influencing the political environment ahead of the ...

A fabricated Euronews video which claims that Romania cautioned French authorities over interference in the Romanian presidential election runoff last Sunday has been circulating on social media in ...

Paris (AFP) – The co-founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, Pavel Durov, on Tuesday repeated his allegation that French intelligence pressured him to interfere in this month's Romanian ...