News on September 6, after being arrested in France, Telegram founder Pavel Durov voiced through Telegram saying, "The claim that Telegram is some kind of anarchist paradise is absolutely untrue. We delete millions of harmful posts and channels every day. And we publish daily transparency reports and have direct contact channels with non-governmental organizations to handle urgent regulatory requests more quickly. The rapid growth of Telegram users to 9.5 billion has caused growing pains for the platform, making it easier for criminals to abuse the platform. That's why I've made significantly improving this situation my personal goal. We have already started this process internally and will soon share more details about the progress with everyone."