Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, arrested for failing to moderate content

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French authorities arrest Telegram CEO Pavel Durov at a Paris airport, French media report

French broadcast media reports say the founder and CEO of the popular messaging service Telegram has been detained at a Paris airport. Pavel Durov is being held on an arrest warrant alleging his platform has been used for money laundering, drug trafficking and other offenses. Durov is a dual...

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The government of France is ginning up, other more acceptable reasons, but failing to censor content is really what it boils down to. With the UK’s recent threats toward Elon Musk, I’m not sure I’d leave the US if I were him. Freedom of speech is under attack and there are far too few defenders left. The governments of the world aren’t messing around and computer algorithms allow them to be all seeing, all knowing.

 

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Yulia Vavilova isn't hard on the eyes, but apparently if you are a billionaire head of social media company with a security detail trying to keep your whereabouts secret, having a smokeshow girlfriend who posts her best life constantly can serve to tip people off as to when and where you are going to be.