Telegram founder Pavel Durov has criticized the French government for attempting to ban encryption, calling it a serious threat to digital privacy.
In an April 21 statement on X, Durov revealed that French lawmakers nearly passed a bill last month that would have forced messaging apps to include backdoors that would give law enforcement agencies access to private messages.
The Telegram founder praised the National Assembly for blocking the legislation, arguing that it would have made France the first country to eliminate its citizens’ right to digital privacy. He said governments with poor records on civil liberties have never gone as far as banning encryption.
No backdoors for Telegram
According to Durov, the introduction of backdoors weakens security rather than enhancing it. He argued that anyone, including foreign governments and cyber criminals, could exploit a backdoor if it is created.
He further argued that the real victims of such backdoors would be law-abiding citizens whos
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