Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport | BBC News

Telegram chief executive Pavel Durov has been arrested by French police at an airport north of Paris.

Durov was detained after his private jet had landed at Le Bourget Airport, French media reported.

According to officials the 39-year-old billionaire was arrested under a warrant for offences related to the popular messaging app.

The investigation is reportedly about a lack of moderators, with Durov accused of failing to take steps to curb criminal uses of Telegram.

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[paaabl.]

Privacy is not a crime, it's a basic human right. Private end-to-end communication is not illegal in any of Western countries. Why ordinary citizens have to pay for someone else crimes?

[Unknown.User.]

So, Pavel had emigrated from Russia in 2014 to do business free of state control. And 10 years later he was arrested in the land of origin of Statue of Liberty. What a sad joke it is!

[RAKESHKUMAR-gvyk]

Privacy is a biggest joke of this century😂

[denis]

There's your democracy. That's what you're fighting for . The guy fled Russia... and got arrested in France . Amazing.

[ChrisRyanDavidson-rdrm]

You arrest the Telegram CEO when Facebook is far worse. The hypocrisy.

[edaindaimhin]

and no one has arrested a pharma chief or politician for genocide and crimes against humanity

[PasqualItizzz]

Cool ... now arrest anyone who works at a phone company and every single person involved in mail delivery

[VVV]

Let's be honest - Durov is now only a martyr for the right to privacy of all people's correspondence. #FREEDUROV

[LukoMartinez]

France is out of order with this arrest!

[jabbadabbajew]

Two things you don’t ask the BBC:

1. What’s your views on Israel?
2. Who’s Jimmy Saville?

[EthanLemon-wp]

BBC has reached the rock bottom. Freedom of speech and freedom of communication needs to be unshaken. Censorship and control is not the way.

[mikescott]

What about the Criminal activity by the western governments

[cryptoigamingisport]

How they EVEN DARE TO ARREST HIM ? WTF????

[jsg]

Because he wouldn't put a backdoor in the Telegram encryption code for the three letter agencies.

[Amos-jr]

Freedom of privacy and private speech is under threat

[robbest]

Criminal activity takes place at the BBC

[Freedom-R]

Doesn't whattsapp provide a service for illegal content.???

[KGBT-PLUS]

This is more about shutting down Telegram as it’s starting to gain popularity among western users. Recent UK riots where partly fuelled by users sharing pics and locations through Telegram. Control over social media is definitely tightening

[tobin]

I’ve been going to France for the last twenty years. It’s clearly a country in total decline. It’s a shame but their political decisions/ policies have turned a once beautiful country into a total sh*thole.

[WilliamHunt-jfbm]

he is a political prisoner. He is about as responsible for a customers speech & words as a Starbucks is. its not his job too police the internet and breach people's human rights under un law