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Pavel Durov, co-founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, was arrested at Le Bourget airport in Paris on Saturday after flying in from Azerbaijan.French officials had issued a search warrant as part of an investigation into Durov over concerns that Telegram’s lack of content moderation makes it complicit in crimes like drug trafficking, terrorism, child pornography, and fraud. He is expected to appear before a judge on Sunday.Telegram has over 900 million users worldwide.
The 39-year-old is understood to have been travelling from Azerbaijan and was arrested at about 8pm local time .Pavel Durov, the Russian-French billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday evening, TF1 TV and BFM TV said, citing unidentified sources.
TF1 and BFM both said the investigation was focused on a lack of moderators on Telegram, and that police considered that this situation allowed criminal activity to go...Pavel Durov, the co-founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, was arrested at an airport in Paris Saturday after getting off his private jet, according to French media reports.
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