In his first public statement following his arrest, Telegram founder Pavel Durov expressed surprise at the charges levied against him and pledged to improve security and reduce abuse on the messaging platform, according to Pavel Durov’s Telegram channel. He expressed astonishment at the accusations from French authorities for several reasons. First, Durov noted that Telegram has an official representative in the European Union who handles and responds to EU regulatory requests. He added that his email address is publicly available to anyone in the EU. Second, he remarked that French authoritie…