French Spies & Secret Censorship Schemes Exposed by Durov! 🕵️♂️🤖

Telegram, that cheeky little messaging app, is now playing a high-stakes game of digital hide-and-seek with governments. Its founder, Mr. Pavel Durov, has revealed a plot so dastardly it would make a Bond villain blush: French spies allegedly tried to strong-arm him into silencing Moldovan channels. 🎩✨

Mr. Durov, with a twinkle in his eye and a scroll of policies in hand, shared on his beloved Telegram (and X, because why not?) that French intelligence sent a mysterious intermediary to Paris last year. Their mission? To convince him to delete Moldovan channels before their presidential elections. “Unacceptable on several levels,” he declared, as if sipping tea while foiling a heist. 🍵🕵️♂️

“If the agency approached the judge, they meddled in justice. If not, they exploited my legal woes to boss around Eastern Europe. Either way, it’s a two-for-one deal of nonsense!”

Telegram initially nipped a few rule-breakers in the bud, but the intermediary whispered, “Help us here, and your French legal troubles might shrink!” Mr. Durov, ever the principled tea-time host, replied, “No thank you. I’d rather drink lukewarm milk.” ☕🚫

The saga began when Mr. Durov was arrested in France last August, accused of turning Telegram into a playground for drug dealers and dubious characters. “Absurd!” he retorted, as if fending off a rogue cookie thief. “Why blame a CEO for users’ shenanigans? I didn’t teach them to trade contraband!” 🍪🚫

Then came the second list of channels: mostly law-abiding citizens, but united by one thing-political opinions France and Moldova disliked. “We said no,” Mr. Durov declared, “because censorship is for tyrants, not tidy little apps.” 🛡️✊

“Telegram will never bow to political whining. We’re the guardians of free speech-or at least, we’re trying to look busy while pretending to be.”

While some grumble that moderation is like a sprinkling of cinnamon (just enough to flavor, not suffocate), others cheer Telegram as the last stand against media mafias. And thus, the digital dance continues-spies, channels, and one very stubborn founder with a taste for the dramatic. 🎭💃

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2025-09-29 02:18