WSJ: Telegram previously ignored subpoenas from law enforcement, and Macron also considered granting Pavel Durov French citizenship

Odaily News According to a person close to Pavel Durov, for years the company has ignored subpoenas and court orders from law enforcement, which have piled up in a rarely viewed company email address. In addition, according to people familiar with the matter, at a lunch in 2018, Macron invited Pavel Durov to move Telegram to Paris. But Durov refused at the time, and Macron even discussed granting Pavel Durov French citizenship. People familiar with the matter said that in 2017, French spies worked in conjunction with the UAE to target Pavel Durov and hack into his iPhone. The espionage operation was codenamed "Purple Music."