Paris. Aug. 26. Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, remains in a Paris jail cell as of Monday morning. Durov was arrested Friday “as part of an investigation into Telegram’s lack of content moderation and the platform’s role in allegedly enabling criminal activity, according to the Washington Post.” Durov previously fled Russia in 2014 after refusing to hand …
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French government arrests CEO of Telegram for refusing to censor.
Paris. August 24, 2024. Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire founder and owner of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Le Bourget airport outside Paris shortly after landing on a private jet late on Saturday. Reuters reports that “BFM and TF1 said that Durov, who has dual French and United Arab Emirates citizenship, was arrested …
