Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov said that the French government's actions to regulate internet companies will harm the country's economic growth for decades.
„French bureaucrats are waging a crusade against freedom of speech and technological progress. Using criminal investigations instead of clear rules to regulate internet companies will repel investment and harm the country's economic growth for decades“, he wrote in X.
Earlier, media reported that France had launched an investigation into possible illegal use of data on the social network X.