Pavorm Dorouov, founder and CEO of the Social Messenger App Telegram, was allowed to fly to Dubai to Dubai, where the French authorities continue their unprecedented case against him.
Technological billionaire He was arrested in August After accusing him of failing to reduce his application properly to reduce criminality.
Mr. Dorov denies his failure to cooperate with law enforcement due to drug trafficking, and the content of sexual assault and fraud. Telegram previously denied insufficient moderation.
This is the first time that a technical leader has been arrested due to the crime that takes place on his platform.
“The process continues, but it is great to be at home,” Mr. Dorov said in a post on Telegram.
The 40 -year -old was arrested in August 2024 when he arrived in Paris on a private plane, and the French judges did not initially allow him to leave France.
But the Paris Prosecutor’s Office told BBC on Monday that “judicial supervision obligations” were suspended between March 15 and April 7.
No more details were provided about the conditions for his release from France.
Mr. Dorov lives in Dubai and born in Russia, where he has citizenship, as well as in France, the United Arab Emirates and the nation of St. Kitts and Nevis.
Telegram is especially popular in Russia, Ukraine and former Soviet Union countries, as well as Iran.
Telegram is used by about 950 million people all over the world, and has previously been developed as an application that focuses on the privacy of its users, instead of the regular policies set by other global social media companies.
But reporting the BBC and other news organizations highlighted criminals who use the application to announce drugs as well as provide electronic crime and fraud services, and recently sexual assault materials on children.
One expert led to a brand “Dark network in your pocket“.
The company has already said that his arrest is unfair, and he should not bear the responsibility of what users are doing on the platform.
From his home in Dubai, Mr. Dorov thanked the French judges for allowing him to return to the house.
He also thanked his lawyer for “their uncompromising efforts to show that when it comes to moderation, cooperation and crime control, a telegram has not only met its legal obligations.”
However, since arrest, Telegram has made a series of changes to the way it works.
She has Join the Internet Control Corporation The program, which aims to help find, remove and report sexual assault materials.
IP addresses and phone numbers also announced those who violate their bases will be delivered to the police in response to valid legal requests.
Transparency reports have been published about the amount of content that is lowered – a standard industrial practice that I previously rejected to comply with it.
A TELEGRAM spokesman said that the company is actively modified to remove millions of pieces from harmful content every day, adding that “unfortunately, there is a criminal activity on each platform, despite the efforts to combat this.”