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Founder of Telegram messaging app Pavel Durov arrested in France, sources say | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)

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 Saturday and placed in custody, three sources told Reuters.

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HeebSeed
HeebSeed
14 days ago

His crime? Not selling his user’s personal information.

Fleurdamour
Fleurdamour
14 days ago

He looks like he should be on Sprockets.

Wowjustwow
Wowjustwow
14 days ago
Reply to  Fleurdamour

lol! That’s why he’s familiar

Fleurdamour
Fleurdamour
14 days ago
Reply to  Wowjustwow

These tech bros look more like Bond villains every day, don’t they?

BibleAnon
BibleAnon
14 days ago

Scottish drag queen, co-author of ‘trans youth’ guide, convicted of distributing child p*********y, sentenced to only 200 hours community servicePolice discovered a Telegram chat group titled “Extra Excitement,” where Easton had collected over 1,000 videos and images of children.

https://humanevents.com/2024/08/25/scottish-drag-queen-co-author-of-trans-youth-guide-convicted-of-distributing-child-p*********y-sentenced-to-only-200-hours-community-service

cocoa
cocoa
14 days ago

These tech celebrities are as much slaves to the system as Britney spears.
Telegram data center is headquartered in California !!!

rick
rick
10 days ago

They arrested him for not doing enough to keep Russians from using it as a communication platform.

Its a Russia-Ukraine thang!