🔥 THE EXTORTION PLAYBOOK: HOW CENSORSHIP REALLY WORKS IN EUROPE💥
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has exposed what he says is the real machinery behind European censorship — a system designed not for safety, but for leverage.
According to Durov, the EU creates impossible compliance rules so it can punish platforms that refuse to quietly censor political speech. His claims come with names, dates, and locations:
📌 Spring 2025 – Paris
Nicolas Lerner, head of French intelligence (DGSE), allegedly asked Durov at the Hôtel de Crillon to ban conservative Romanian voices ahead of elections.
Durov refused.
📌 September 2024 – During Durov’s detainment
French intelligence allegedly offered to “speak positively” to the judge handling his case in exchange for censoring Moldovan channels before their elections.
Durov’s view:
If they actually tried to influence the judge → it’s interference.
If they lied about their influence → they were exploiting his legal situation to impact Eastern European politics.
Telegram says it reviewed the first list of channels and removed those genuinely violating community rules.
Then a second list arrived — and Durov claims nearly all were legitimate political voices, simply disliked by the French and Moldovan governments.
Telegram refused again.
France denies all allegations. The DGSE calls them “unfounded,” though it acknowledges multiple meetings with Durov.
This comes 24 hours after Brussels fined X €120 million — two platforms, two CEOs, alleging the same pattern.
The formula Durov describes:
1️⃣ Create unworkable regulations
2️⃣ Open investigations
3️⃣ Offer secret deals to those who censor
4️⃣ Crush anyone who refuses
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This isn’t regulation.
This is leverage disguised as law.
