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Freedom of Speech Commitment - Telegram is committed to freedom of speech and will not remove content for political reasons [4] - The company will continue to expose every attempt to pressure Telegram into censoring its platform [4] Censorship Resistance - Telegram refused to censor certain channels ahead of the presidential elections in Moldova, despite requests from French intelligence [1][4] - Telegram identified and removed a few channels that violated its rules after review [2] - Telegram refused to act on a second list of "problematic" Moldovan channels because nearly all of these channels were legitimate and fully compliant with its rules [3][4] Government Interference - French intelligence services reached out to Pavel Durov through an intermediary, asking for help to censor Telegram channels in Moldova [1] - French intelligence offered to "say good things" about Pavel Durov to a judge in exchange for cooperation in censoring channels [2] - The company observed a pattern of exploiting legal situations to influence political developments in Eastern Europe, also observed in Romania [3]