Informed sources: Telegram has long ignored subpoenas from law enforcement, and Macron has even considered granting Pavel Durov French citizenship

ChainCatcher message, according to the Wall Street Journal, a person close to Pavel Durov revealed that Telegram has long ignored subpoenas from law enforcement, piling them up in a company email inbox that is rarely checked.

In 2018, French President Macron invited Pavel Durov to move Telegram to Paris and considered granting him French citizenship. Additionally, sources indicated that in 2017, French and UAE intelligence agencies collaborated to hack Durov's iPhone, with the operation code-named "Purple Music."