Telegram Refused to Silence Romanian Conservatives Ahead of Election — Durov

In this context, he changed the name of his channel from the French-style Du Rove's Channel to the Latin transcription of his name, Pavel DurovMOSCOW, May 18. /TASS/. Telegram turned down a Western European country’s request to silence channels of Romanian conservatives ahead of the presidential election in that country, the messenger’s co-founder, Pavel Durov, said. "A Western European government (guess which) approached Telegram, asking us to silence conservative voices in Romania ahead of today’s presidential elections. I flatly refused," he wrote on his Telegram channel, posting a baguette bread emoji in the brackets. "Telegram will not restrict the freedoms...