From the previous thread:<p>> French lawyer here, it's difficult to know anything as of now given that's all the information is covered by secrecy as long as he's in preliminary custody.<p>> Neither him nor his lawyers have access to the procedure yet.<p>> This will last for 48 hours from his arrest - it can be 96 hours if they decide his suspected crimes are about drugs or prostitution, and even 144 hours if it's about terrorism.<p>> So we'll probably need to wait for a few days before understanding what this is really about.<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41349046">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41349046</a><p>Just wait and see, no need to rush for speculation
Macron may insist that the arrest of the Is Pavel Durov isn’t political, but it certainly looks that way. The silence from the judicial system, particularly the lack of a statement from the public prosecutor, only fuels this perception. Without clear communication, the void is filled with suspicion, making it hard to argue that politics isn’t at play.
Here it is. The charges for everyone to see:<p><a href="https://x.com/fs0c131y/status/1828103712964817389" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/fs0c131y/status/1828103712964817389</a><p>Finally the charges against Pavel Durov has been published:<p>- Complicity - Administration of an online platform to allow an illegal transaction in an organised band,<p>- Refusal to communicate, at the request of the authorised authorities, the information or documents necessary for the realisation and exploitation of interceptions authorised by law,<p>- Complicity - Detention of the image of a minor of a child-pornographic nature,<p>- Complicity - Dissemination, offer or making available in an organised tape of images of a minor of a pornographic nature,<p>- Complicity - Acquisition, transport, holding, offer or disposal of narcotic products,<p>- Complicity - Offer, assignment or making available without legitimate reason of equipment, an instrument, a program or data designed or adapted for the attack and access to the operation of an automated data processing system,<p>- Complicity - Organised gang scam,<p>- Association of criminals with a view to committing a crime or offence punishable by 5 years of imprisonment at least,<p>- Money laundering of crimes or offences in organised gangs,<p>- Provision of cryptology services to ensure confidentiality functions without a declaration of conformity,<p>- Provision of a cryptological means not exclusively ensuring authentication or integrity control functions without prior declaration,<p>- Import of a cryptology means that does not exclusively perform authentication or integrity control functions without prior declaration.
For people without an account: <a href="https://xcancel.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1828077245606342672" rel="nofollow">https://xcancel.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/182807724560634267...</a>
I am sure that such a bland and bureaucratic statement on a closed platform that is itself targeted by the EU will restore the confidence of the people who have strayed from the approved narratives.
How many CEOs did France judicial arrest for OVH fires?<p>On the other hand: lots of criticisms thrown around highlighting France and French judicial system. Are we forgetting Assange (Sweden, UK, Aus, US), Snowden (US + everybody who didn't shelter him on his way to Ru), Huawei CFO (Canada, US)...<p>Obviously unless french justice can prove Pavel is the Al Capone of the nefarious gang syndicates operating on telegram, this is obviously political/idiological. Fair game, any sovereign state can arbitrarily display their powers however they want. Just don't pretend high ground next time