The boss of Telegram has been arrested at an airport in France, the BBC experiences.
39-year-old Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the favored messaging app, was detained after his non-public jet landed at Le Bourget Airport north of Paris.
The BBC experiences Durov’s arrest got here below a warrant for offences referring to having an absence of moderators on the app, with Durov accused of failing to take needed steps to curb legal makes use of on the platform.
Durov, who was born in Russia, lives in Dubai and has twin French and UAE citizenship, based Telegram in 2013. The app was banned in Russia in 2018, after he refused at hand over consumer information. This ban was reversed in 2021. Telegram has a reported 950million month-to-month customers and is especially widespread in Russia, Ukraine and former Soviet Union states.
X proprietor Elon Musk reacted to Durov’s, hashtagging one put up #freepavel, and in one other he wrote: “POV: It’s 2030 in Europe and also you’re being executed for liking a meme.”
