telegram isn't perfect and mostly isn't e2e encrypted - we get it (everyone remotely smart about this stuff has known this forever). doesn't mean durov deserves life in prison. doesn't mean TG isn't a powerful anti-authoritarian tool. perfect enemy of good.

He's not being judged for his qualities as a person, he's being judged as the CEO of a product that allowed illegal activities to happened and refused to do the single little thing to help preventing them.

Don't worry though, in France there's no life prison. Max is 30 or 35 years.