Importantly, with its growth primarily based in Dubai and St Petersburg, Telegram isn’t an American firm. For prosecutors, each inside and outdoors of the US, that has change into a problem.
Ought to the authorities wish to seize metadata such because the IP deal with of a particular consumer on a social media, messaging or electronic mail platform, corporations registered within the US and lots of different international locations are required by legislation to adjust to that request. That covers corporations reminiscent of Meta, X, Google, Apple and Microsoft.
The French expenses allege that Telegram, in distinction, hasn’t been cooperating with comparable requests despatched to Dubai. If that displays Durov’s outlook, it has turned out to be a misjudgement.
