According to TF1 tv and BFM tv, who cited unidentified sources, billionaire founder and CEO of the messaging service Telegram Pavel Durov was detained on saturday night at the Bourget airport south of Paris.
 
According to TF1's website, Durov was traveling in his private plane. It also stated that he was the subject of a French arrest order as part of an initial police probe.
 
According to TF1 and BFM, the police believed that the absence of moderators on Telegram allowed illegal conduct to go unchecked, and this was the main focus of the inquiry.

Remarks from Telegram were not immediately available after Reuters reached out to them. Both the French police and Interior Ministry remained silent.
 
Durov was traveling from Azerbaijan, according to TF1, and he was taken into custody at about 20:00 (18:00 GMT).
 
Russian-born Durov, who fled russia in 2014 after being ordered to close down opposition groups on his sold social networking site VK, is the founder of Telegram, a company headquartered in Dubai.
 
Durov, whose estimated net worth is $15.5 billion according to Forbes, claimed that although certain countries have tried to exert pressure on him, the app should continue to be a "neutral platform" rather than a "player in geopolitics" with its current 900 million active users.
 
 
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G GOWTHAM

25/08/2024 08:08 AM