The Latest Breaking News from Pavel Durov

Durov’s messaging platform has nearly a billion users, and has played an especially key role in the Russia-Ukraine war.

In this week’s newsletter: Pavel Durov’s detention by French authorities is a major break from the norm – but his low-moderation, non-encrypted app is an anomaly

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The Telegram co-founder may become a free-expression martyr for the terrible crime of enabling permissionless speech.

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in Paris over the weekend, accused of enabling illicit activities, including drug trafficking and the distribution of child abuse images on his platform

French police arrested Telegram founder Pavel Durov for failing to control his social media and messaging app.

Could we be seeing a turning point for tech titans who reap huge profits for the "anything goes" content served up on their platforms? Free speech absolutists – including Elon Musk – are up in arms over the weekend arrest near Paris of the 39-year-old founder of Telegram. How strong…

Investigation into Pavel Durov relates to app’s alleged failure to stop spread of child sexual abuse material

Russian-born tech entrepreneur is being held in relation to a cybercrime investigation