Breaking news in the ongoing fight between CENSORSHIP vs FREE SPEECH:
First, it is now being reported that Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, recently at the center of attacks on free speech and censorship by authorities across the globe, has been arrested.
French authorities apparently nabbed Durov just after his plane landed in France.
Check out this report from CNN for a quick summary of what is happening:
French authorities have detained Pavel Durov, the French-Russian billionaire who founded the messaging app Telegram, at an airport outside Paris, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV.
Officers from France’s anti-fraud office, attached to French customs, took him into custody Saturday evening after he arrived at Bourget Airport on a flight from Azerbaijan, BFMTV reported.
Durov and his Telegram App have faced mounting attacks recently.
Several western governments have leveled charges ranging from drug trafficking, fraud, and terrorism – stemming from the lack of moderation on the Telegram platform.
In a recent interview with Tucker Carlson, Durov accused the FBI of trying to infiltrate the Telegram platform and spy on users.
According to Durov, the FBI approached one of his engineers during a trip to the U.S. in an attempt to turn