He will also remain under judicial supervision and be required to check in with police twice weekly.
If convicted, he could face up to10 years in prison, according to Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau.
French prosecutors also indicated that Telegram had been uncooperative in assisting their probe and moderating harmful content.
Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2017.AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File
In 2017, theWall Street JournalreportedWednesday, spies from France and the U.A.E.
hacked Durovs iPhone, evidently as part of joint counterterrorism efforts between the two nations.
In an ironic twist, Putin allies have condemned Durovs arrest as an outrageous attack on his civil liberties.
French President Emmanuel Macron hasdeniedthat the criminal investigation is politically motivated.
