Founder and CEO of Telegram messaging service arrested in France

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Founder and CEO of Telegram messaging service arrested in France - Lemmy.World

Pavel Valeryevich Durov

(Russian: Павел Валерьевич Дуров; born 10 October 1984)[4] is a Russian-born Emirati entrepreneur who is known for founding the social networking site VK and the app Telegram Messenger. He is the younger brother of Nikolai Durov. As of 29 September 2022, his net worth is estimated at US$15.1 billion. In 2022, he was recognized as the richest expat in the United Arab Emirates, according to Forbes. In February 2023, Arabian Business named him the most powerful entrepreneur in Dubai.

What a fucking horseshit excuse for law enforcement.

Encrypted communication should be a human right.

Yes, but… I mean, it is being used for all of that.

As always, there’s a lot of nuance which is lost on Lemmy users.

It’s a question of exactly what telegram is being used for, what telegram the company can reasonably be aware of, what they’ve been asked to do, and what they’ve done.