Is Pavel Durov a brave crusader for liberty and free-speech, or a compromised individual whose social media platform empowers criminals, paedophiles and even Vladmir Putin? The French authorities certainly think he has questions to answer. Social media bosses are regularly questioned by governments – like the recent grilling of the heads of TikTok, Meta, and X before US Congress. But ...
The arrest of the billionaire Telegram founder on French soil was not a political decision, the country’s president has said. Pavel Durov, who created the encrypted messaging app, was detained after his private jet landed at Le Bourget airport on the outskirts of Paris on Saturday. He has been arrested and detained as part of a cyber criminality investigation – ...
Telegram founder Pavel Durov is a “political prisoner” after his arrest in France, a Russian official has said. The 39-year-old Russian-born billionaire behind the encrypted messaging app was detained after his private jet landed at Le Bourget airport on the outskirts of Paris on Saturday. It is unclear what Mr Durov was arrested for but BFMTV reported the warrant concerned ...
Billionaire Telegram founder Pavel Durov was arrested after arriving in France on his private jet at the weekend. He was reportedly the subject of a search warrant, with French news outlets suggesting an investigation focused on a lack of moderators on the encrypted messaging app and potential criminal activity by users. Telegram is one of the most downloaded apps in ...
It’s summer season in the Northern Hemisphere and wildfires have been raging in Greece, Madeira and France. As the risk of forest fires changes in a hotter climate, so is the way firefighters respond to them. Traditionally firefighters have practised with live fires to prepare for the real thing. But these come with risk, cost and damage to the environment ...
Telegram says its chief executive Pavel Durov has “nothing to hide” after he was arrested in France, adding the charges against him are “absurd”. The billionaire founder of the encrypted messaging app was detained after his private jet landed at Le Bourget airport on the outskirts of Paris on Saturday. News broadcasters BFMTV and TF1 have quoted unnamed sources as ...
NASA has announced the two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) will return to Earth on SpaceX in February 2025. Pilot Sunita “Suni” Williams and Commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore blasted off in Boeing’s new spacecraft on 5 June, and were meant to stay in orbit for eight days after docking on the ISS. However, problems with the Starliner’s ...
The grand finale of the inaugural Esports World Cup takes place today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The global competition has seen 1,500 world-class gamers take to the stage for the last eight weeks. Usually, esports competitions – where gamers play video games competitively – would focus on one game. This tournament has held competitions in 21 different games like Counter-Strike, ...
Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder of encrypted messaging app Telegram, has been arrested in France, according to local reports. The 39-year-old tech chief was reportedly detained after his private jet landed at Le Bourget airport on the outskirts of Paris. News broadcasters BFMTV and TF1 have quoted unnamed sources as saying the Russian-born entrepreneur – who became a French citizen ...
Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder of encrypted messaging app Telegram, has been arrested in France, according to local reports. The 39-year-old Franco-Russian tech chief had just arrived via private jet when he was arrested at Le Bourget airport in the outskirts of Paris, BFMTV reports. Quoting an unnamed source, the outlet added he was the subject of a search warrant ...