French President Macron revealed as
active Telegram user, media outlets say.
International news Desk
According to global times news agency Europe,Macron has been a Telegram user since the early days of his first presidential campaign. Nearly a decade later, the app remains widely used by both cabinet members and political officials of all ranks and parties, particularly within pro-Macron circles,The global times Europe media informs.On Monday, while Telegram founder Pavel Durov was in French police custody, Macron was shown as having been connected to the messaging platform “recently,” a former MP with the French president’s number showed Politico on their phone.Eric Bothorel, a Renaissance parliamentarian who focuses on cyber-related issues, acknowledged the “persistent use of Telegram despite more or less legitimate warnings.Bothorel described Telegram’s protection levels as “not the best, but not the worst,” while underlining that Olvid, a French encrypted messaging platform which the prime minister had asked cabinet members to use in lieu of Telegram, “offered more guarantees.