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CEO of Telegram messaging app arrested in France, say French media (www.voanews.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (22 children)

the article doesn't explain what laws he's accused of breaking. i'm not defending the person-- i find the lack of detail to be a bit odd.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (15 children)

The article mention that he is detained as part of a investigation:

Durov was traveling aboard his private jet, TF1 said on its website, adding he had been targeted by an arrest warrant in France as part of a preliminary police investigation.

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 on undeterred on the messaging app.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Now we are detaining CEOs for potential criminal activity on their platforms, I expect to see many other CEOs behind bars before the end of the weekend