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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
2 months ago

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

Fleurdamour
Fleurdamour
2 months ago

He looks like he should be on Sprockets.

Wowjustwow
Wowjustwow
2 months ago
Reply to  Fleurdamour

lol! That’s why he’s familiar

Fleurdamour
Fleurdamour
2 months ago
Reply to  Wowjustwow

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

BibleAnon
BibleAnon
2 months 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
2 months ago

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

rick
rick
2 months ago

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

Its a Russia-Ukraine thang!