PANews reported on April 17 that Telegram founder Pavel Durov responded to French media reports that his detention in France last year "forced Telegram to comply with EU law" in a post on his channel, saying that the claim was untrue. Durov pointed out that Telegram has been complying with EU regulations since the beginning, and it was only after August last year that the French police began to submit requests in accordance with the Digital Services Act (DSA) through legal channels, allowing the court to obtain the suspect's IP address in accordance with the law. He emphasized that Telegram had already provided a clear connection method, and questioned why the French police had not acted in accordance with the regulations before.