1. He said it's unfair to blame a CEO for what users do on a platform. Telegram protects user privacy, even if it means leaving countries with strict laws, like they did in Russia and Iran.
2. Durov admitted that Telegram's fast growth to 950M users caused some problems, but they are working to fix them and will share updates soon.
Telegram’s abrupt increase in user count to 950M caused growing pains that made it easier for criminals to abuse our platform. That’s why I made it my personal goal to ensure we significantly improve things in this regard. We’ve already started that process internally, and I will share more details on our progress with you very soon.
Pavel Durov.
