Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Arrested at Paris Airport
- French police arrested Telegram CEO Pavel Durov at Le Bourget airport near Paris on Saturday evening.
- Durov, 39, was detained for alleged offences related to the messaging app, including fraud, drug trafficking, and promotion of terrorism.
- The arrest was coordinated by France's OFMIN, which issued a warrant as part of a preliminary investigation.
- Durov, who started Telegram in 2013, is accused of failing to curb criminal activities on the platform.
- Telegram and French authorities have not commented on the arrest.
Source: CBS News
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It was established long ago that telegram was being used for unethical activities, seems fair he is being detained.
they should hire him for a cast in dune!
Kinda ridiculous. Is it really his fault? It is not easy to curb criminal stuff on an anonymous chat app which is not monitored for privacy concerns.
Telegram is used by many journalists for this very reason.
People can either use a knife to cut vegetables or murder someone. You can’t arrest the inventor of knife for the actions of its users.
It's not ridiculous, for apps with a user base of millions of even billions, it makes sense to hold inventors responsible for not moderating criminal activities on their platform. Otherwise everyone gets a free pass to build amazing apps for drug traffickers, terrorists, etc.. Upon investigation they can just say "I didn't build it for criminals, I built it for civilians" and get away with it.
Isn’t this censorship? Wait EU country did it so I guess it’s not
Its safety protocol 🙃
Hahah that image game is too solid
Frankly any platform that actually provides complete anonymity and privacy can be used for unethical and criminal activities.