(FILES) This illustration photo taken on December 22, 2023, shows the mobile messaging and call service Telegram's logo on a smartphone screen, in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. French judicial authorities on August 25 extended the detention of the Russian-born founder and chief of Telegram Pavel Durov after his arrest at a Paris airport over alleged offences related to the popular but controversial messaging app. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

(FILES) This photograph taken on March 23, 2022, shows the logo of Telegram Messenger - a secure instant messaging application - displayed on a tablet in Lille, northern France. French judicial authorities on August 25 extended the detention of the Russian-born founder and chief of Telegram Pavel Durov after his arrest at a Paris airport over alleged offences related to the popular but controversial messaging app. (Photo by DENIS CHARLET / AFP)

(FILES) A picture taken on November 8, 2021 in Moscow shows the mobile messaging and call service Telegram logo on a smartphone screen. French judicial authorities on August 25, 2024 extended the detention of the Russian-born founder and chief of Telegram Pavel Durov after his arrest at a Paris airport over alleged offences related to the popular but controversial messaging app. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

FILE - Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov, center, smiles following his meeting with Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara in Jakarta, Indonesia on Aug. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)

In this photo taken Saturday, May 19, 2012, Pavel Durov, founder of Russia's leading social network site VKontakte, or "in contact", stands in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Creator of Russia's leading social network Durov left his post as CEO on Tuesday April 22, 2014, and is understood to have left Russia, one week after he posted online what he said were documents from the security services demanding personal details from 39 Ukraine-linked groups on VKontakte. (AP Photo/Roman Kulik)

In this photo taken Saturday, May 19, 2012, Pavel Durov, founder of Russia's leading social network VKontakte, or "in contact", sits in a cafe in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Creator of Russia's leading social network Durov left his post as CEO on Tuesday April 22, and is understood to have left Russia, one week after he posted online what he said were documents from the security services demanding personal details from 39 Ukraine-linked groups on VKontakte. (AP Photo/Roman Kulik)

In this photo taken Saturday, May 19, 2012, Pavel Durov, founder of Russia's leading social network site VKontakte, or "in contact", sits in a cafe in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Creator of Russia's leading social network Durov left his post as CEO on Tuesday April 22, 2014, and is understood to have left Russia, one week after he posted online what he said were documents from the security services demanding personal details from 39 Ukraine-linked groups on VKontakte.(AP Photo/Roman Kulik)