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Pavel Durov's Telegram application. Before the app adopted a more assertive stance against content associated with terrorism, especially after the fatal terror attack on London Bridge in 2019, Islamic State groups were using it as their preferred platform. Experts caution that propaganda still thrives there.
Some hail the billionaire co-founder of Telegram, the ultra-secure messaging app with over 900 million users, as an anti-authoritarian hero and free speech advocate who bravely faced down Vladimir Putin. Others view him as a dishonest and careless tech magnate who has built a system that allows illegal activity to go unpunished. It appears that French authorities belong to the latter group. Durov was detained on Saturday upon his arrival at Le Bourget airport, which is close to Paris, following his private jet journey from Baku, Azerbaijan.
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His arrest raises significant concerns about the future of networks utilised by billions of people, their owners, and the regulators and authorities who find it difficult to keep up with the rapidly changing digital landscape. It also represents the most notable example of a social media executive being brought to account to date.
It has been framed as the most recent front in what they see as a fresh Cold War between Russia and the West. This belief has been stoked partly by rumours that Durov had asked to meet with Putin while he was in Baku. Swiftly refuting that, French President Emmanuel
