Arrest of Pavel Durov, charges of terrorism, fraud and child pornography: 'He did not cooperate with the authorities'. He risks 20 years in prison
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On Saturday evening, Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, was arrested at Le Bourget airport in Paris. The arrest took place as Durov, accompanied by his
  • themarty27@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Allegedly the former. By “allegedly”, I mean that Telegram is definitely uncooperative in moderation of illegal content, the alleged part is that that is the motivation behind the arrest. I also read somewhere that he was accused of tapping into Macron’s manager’s communications, but I can’t find the article and I don’t know how reliable that statement is.

    • THX-1138@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      3 months ago

      also read somewhere that he was accused of tapping into Macron’s manager’s communications, but I can’t find the article and I don’t know how reliable that statement is.

      So in turn… your comment is just as unreliable.