Bangladesh, April 9 -- Pavel Durov has sharply criticized the European Unions approach to regulating online platforms, accusing the bloc of advancing a “globalist” censorship agenda under the guise of combating harmful digital content. The Telegram founders remarks come in response to a recent report highlighting alleged abuses occurring within private groups on his messaging platform, intensifying an already contentious debate over privacy, moderation, and state oversight in the digital age.

The controversy was sparked by a report aired on France 24 on April 9, citing research conducted by AI Forensics. According to the study, nearly 25,000 users across Spanish and Italian Telegram groups were involved in sharing explicit im...