Pavel Durov rejects EU pressure to censor Romanian election content

Telegram founder Pavel Durov said he rejected pressure from a European Union (EU) country to censor political content on the social media platform ahead of the May 18 presidential elections in Romania. According to Durov, a Western European government, which he hinted at with a baguette emoji, approached the platform and requested it censor conservative voices, which he flatly denied. Durov wrote in a May 18 Telegram post:"You can't 'defend democracy' by destroying democracy. You can’t 'fight election interference' by interfering with elections source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/pavel-durov-rejects-eu-pressure-censor-romanian-election?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound