Pavel Durov, the billionaire behind Telegram, just got himself arrested in France. This went down on Saturday night at Bourget airport, right outside of Paris.
Apparently, he’s been on France’s radar for a while. There was an arrest warrant out for him, linked to a French police investigation.
Why? They claim Telegram lacks enough moderators, and they think this has allowed all sorts of illegal stuff to go down on the app.
In 2014, Pavel left Russia after refusing to shut down some opposition groups on his old social media platform, VK, and he’s been in Dubai ever since, running Telegram, which now has 900 million active users. 0 reply
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