> can law enforcement compel Durov or an employee to do so?
The E2E encrypted comms are a red herring. There is plenty on Telegram that is public, plaintext and presumably illegal.
If Telegram refused to respond (note: not bend over and comply, just respond) to French legal requests in respect of plaintext criminal behaviour the way any other company would and should, that’s somewhat damning. If Durov went above and beyond and interacted with that content, his goose—as the author put it—is cooked.
The E2E encrypted comms are a red herring. There is plenty on Telegram that is public, plaintext and presumably illegal.
If Telegram refused to respond (note: not bend over and comply, just respond) to French legal requests in respect of plaintext criminal behaviour the way any other company would and should, that’s somewhat damning. If Durov went above and beyond and interacted with that content, his goose—as the author put it—is cooked.