Telegram messaging app CEO Pavel Durov arrested in France, news reports say
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Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, was arrested at Bourget airport near Paris on 24 August 2024 while traveling from Azerbaijan; he was targeted by an arrest warrant linked to a preliminary police investigation regarding a lack of moderators on the app, which allegedly allowed criminal activities; Durov, a Russian-born billionaire with a net worth of US$15.5 billion, founded Telegram and has 900 million active users; he previously left Russia in 2014 after refusing to shut down opposition communities on his VK platform.
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https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3275793/telegram-messaging-app-ceo-pavel-durov-arrested-france-news-reports-say
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2024-08-24 23:00:07
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