"Durov reacts quickly": Telegram cooperates with Russian law enforcement officers - State Duma MP

According to the Chairman of the Committee on Youth Policy Artem Metelev, in Russia the messenger operates "within the framework of the legislation", and his administration "goes to the meeting" and blocks "Forbidden Content". The Telegram messenger, founded by Pavel Durov, cooperates with Russian law enforcement agencies. This was stated by the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Youth Policy Artem Metelev, RTVI correspondent reports.

So Metelev commented on the journalists the question of the possible blocking of Telegram in Russia. According to the deputy, the messenger operates "within the framework of the legislation". "And the Telegram administration, and Pavel Durov himself always responds very quickly - we see it simply - to events, cooperate with law enforcement agencies, including blocking the forbidden content," he said. Metelev added that the Russian Youth Rights Center "regularly appeals to block a channel.

" And the messenger moderators allegedly "go to the meeting" and "banish such content. " "Well, not on Telegram, terrorists would recall mercenaries, they would recall in WhatsApp or somewhere else. Here we need to work on prevention, algorithms, I am sure that special services are engaged in this," the deputy added. In addition, he expressed confidence that the messenger administrators "understand their responsibility to society, for the life and health of people.