Odaily News Telegram founder Pavel Durov posted on his personal channel: "French media reported that my detention in France last summer "finally" forced Telegram to comply with European rules. This is pure fabrication. Telegram has always complied with EU law. After August last year, the French police sent a request to Telegram in a legal manner as provided for in the EU Digital Services Act, and the French court obtained the IP address of the suspect from Telegram, long before I was detained in France."