Telegram messaging app CEO Pavel Durov arrested in France

Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, has been arrested at Bourget airport outside Paris for alleged offences related to his messaging app.
Local sources said on Sunday that Durov, 39, had been travelling on his private jet from Azerbaijan and that a French arrest warrant targeted him as part of a preliminary investigation.

Ben Aris is the founder and editor-in-chief of the business media company BNE IntelliNews.
which is a business media company focusing on emerging markets. He is also a former Moscow Bureau Chief for the Daily Telegraph. Ben joins us live from Berlin to discuss the latest developments.

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[Native_soul]

But they have no guts to arrest the war criminal Hitler 2.0 the Benjamin Nethanyahu.

[blpdbpd]

they cant stand someone who actually advocating for freedom of speech.

[tymax]

France is competing with Germany to be the most fascist state. But the US is winning.

[bdew]

So, if someone were to send inappropriate messages by ordinary mail, then will the postal services be taken to task?
Absolute bonkers!

[matrohmat]

They said China is bad, Russia is bad, North Korea is bad. And now you know the real face of western countries 😅

[medoed]

America and Europe always shout about freedom, which does not exist in these countries. Free Pavel!

[patriayvida]

Kidnapping by any other name is still kidnapping.

[robertyoung]

So lets hear no more of north Korean lack of free speech.

[hotbird]

So if you stab somebody with a knife will they jail the knifes company ceo 😮

[HikikomoriDev]

Very dumb for going to a western country.

[Conversationswithjosh]

Their goal is to stop unsanctioned conversations

[Anna-cqqf]

Silencing the truth But not actually adhering to the international criminal court, says ALOT about where we are at in this period of history.

[RobertJackson]

Fr3nch just left the democracy chat room and joined the autocracy chat room. Congratulations 😮 a new achievement 😮

[sofudfe]

France is a Joke, look at their Olympics opening

[stationarywanderer]

Arrested for things others posted that he had nothing to do with. Fascism.

[eldios]

So democracy now is too much, , , , cant make this up😂😂😂😂

[TienyeeTien]

Fun Fact: when telegram helped the color revolution he’s a hero to the west. When the same app exposed Israel’s war crime he is a criminal. 😂

[vicinitytv]

All app can't be the same they should release him if you anyone dislike telegram they should stop using it

[cursedgrape]

There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech - Idi Amin

[povang]

You know you live in a tyrannical country when you're criminalized for giving away a product that is "TOO FREE/Uncensored".