PANews reported on January 8 that Telegram founder Pavel Durov said in his personal channel that Telegram firmly supported the value of freedom of speech long before it became a political security issue, and emphasized that its core values are not affected by the US election cycle. He also pointed out that although other platforms have recently announced reduced censorship , the real test will come when the political winds change again. He also said that it is easy to support something when there is no risk.