SAO PAULO (AP) — It’s a showdown between the world’s richest man and a Brazilian Supreme Court justice. The judge, Alexandre de Moraes, has threatened to suspend social media giant X nationwide in the coming hours if billionaire owner Elon Musk does not follow any of his orders soon. Musk has responded with insults, including … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Over the course of more than a decade, the founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram has collected several nationalities, something that only adds to the mystery surrounding his detention in France. Those passports offered Pavel Durov protection after he founded and ran Telegram as a self-proclaimed free-speech absolutist. … Read more
Pavel Durov, co-founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram, was arrested by French police on Saturday as he arrived at an airport outside Paris. The arrest comes amid French authorities’ investigation into whether Telegram encouraged criminal behavior on its platform. It has sparked some backlash from those who argue the CEO’s arrest violates freedom of … Read more
Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, was arrested in Paris over the weekend on allegations that his platform is used for illegal activities including drug trafficking and the distribution of images of child sexual abuse. Durov, who was born in Russia, spent much of his childhood in Italy and … Read more
Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, has a net worth of $15.5 billion. The Russian-born tech magnate fled Moscow 10 years ago and now lives in Dubai. French police have arrested Durov as part of an investigation into criminal activity by Telegram users. Editor’s note: This story first appeared in March 2022 and has been … Read more
Pavel Durov was once hailed as Russia’s answer to Mark Zuckerberg. Now he faces a prison sentence in France. The billionaire co-founder of Telegram, an ultra-secure messaging app with more than 900 million users, is hailed by some as an anti-authoritarian hero and free speech champion who took on the power of Vladimir Putin. Others … Read more