Telegram CEO leaves France temporarily as criminal probe continues

One month after Durov's arrest, Telegram announced that it started sharing users' phone numbers and IP addresses with law enforcement if they violated the platform's rules following valid legal requests and only after receiving a valid court order confirming that the user is a suspect in a criminal case that breaches the platform's Terms of Service. French authorities have allowed Pavel Durov, Telegram's CEO and founder, to temporarily leave the country while criminal activity on the messaging platform is still under investigation. An official at the Paris prosecutor's office told Bloomberg that the judicial order restricting Durov from traveling outside France during the Telegram criminal investigation was suspended between March 15 and April 7. As Durov announced last year, Telegram reached 950 million monthly active users in July and 10 million paid subscribers two months later. Earlier today, Durov revealed in a Telegram post that he had returned to Dubai after reportedly leaving France from Le Bourget Airport outside Paris.

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