MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A Western European country has asked Telegram to «silence» conservatives in Romania ahead of the presidential election run-off, Telegram founder Pavel Durov said on Sunday.
«A Western European government (guess which [an icon of baguette]) approached Telegram, asking us to silence conservative voices in Romania ahead of today’s presidential elections. I flatly refused,» Durov wrote on his Telegram channel.
He added that Telegram would not limit the freedom of Romanian users or block their political channels.
«You cannot ‘defend democracy’ by destroying democracy. You cannot ‘fight election interference’ by interfering with elections. You either have freedom of speech and fair elections — or you do not. And the Romanian people deserve both,» Durov said.
