Telegram CEO Pavel Durov on French probe against Elon Musk’s Twitter: ‘At this point, any tech company…’

French authorities are investigating Elon Musk owned X (formerly Twitter) for alleged algorithm manipulation. The social media platform denied the allegations, calling it “a politically-motivated criminal investigation”. Responding to the news, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has now shared an X post where he said that “at this point, any tech company can be declared a ‘criminal gang’ in France”. Durov further stated that such investigations can be harmful for attracting investments.

“A decade of efforts to attract tech investment is being undone by a few bureaucrats advancing their careers and political agendas — at the expense of the French people,” he wrote in the post.