Golden Finance reported that Telegram fulfilled 14 requests for “IP addresses and/or phone numbers” from the United States between January 1 and September 30, 2024. The platform responded to a total of 900 inquiries from the United States throughout the year, affecting 2,253 users, indicating an increase in requests after October, with the majority following the arrest of CEO Pavel Durov in France. French authorities arrested Durov on August 24 last year, accusing Telegram of facilitating criminal activity. He said in October that the platform had been providing the IP addresses and phone numbers of suspected criminals to authorities in different countries upon request since 2018, a policy disclosed in Telegram's privacy policy. French authorities banned Durov from leaving the country and the legal case is still pending.