French broadcast media say the founder and CEO of the popular encrypted messaging service Telegram has been detained at a Paris airport. Pavel Durov, a dual French and Russian citizen, was arrested at Paris' Le Bourget airport on Saturday evening after landing in France from Azerbaijan, according to broadcasters LCI and TF1.
PARIS — The founder and CEO of the popular encrypted messaging service Telegram was detained at a Paris airport, French media reported Sunday.
Investigators from the National Anti-Fraud Office, attached to the French customs department, notified Durov that he was being placed in police custody, the broadcasters said. French media reported that Durov, 39, was the subject of an arrest warrant issued by France based on allegations that his encrypted platform has been used for money laundering, drug trafficking and allowing the sharing of content linked to sexual exploitation of minors.
Russian government officials expressed outrage at Durov’s arrest, with some highlighting what they said was the West’s double standards on freedom of speech.Australian breaker Raygun says ridicule of her Olympic performance has been ‘devastating’
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