BREAKING: Telegram CEO Arrested by French Authorities for Refusing to Follow Censorship Laws
The CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram was arrested at Le Bourget airport on Saturday evening for refusing to comply with censorship laws.
Pavel Durov, 39, was arrested on the tarmac as he got off his private jet from Azerbaijan.
BREAKING: #Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested by French authorities.
Early official comments to French media suggest this follows from France’s displeasure with Telegram’s moderation & compliance with official requests(?).
If so, I’m pretty sure this is an unprecedented action… pic.twitter.com/hKa1Ip0buD
— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) August 24, 2024
According to a machine translation of a report on TF1, “The Justice considers that the lack of moderation,
