According to the local channel TF1, Pavel Durov was arrested at the Paris-Le Bourget airport.
The motivation behind this is allegedly because Durov did not cooperate with French security forces, which renders him as an accomplice to drug trafficking and other serious crimes.
For now, all of this information comes from a single source — we will follow up once we discover more from authoritative sources.
According to the local channel TF1, Pavel Durov was arrested at the Paris-Le Bourget airport.
The motivation behind this is allegedly because Durov did not cooperate with French security forces, which renders him as an accomplice to drug trafficking and other serious crimes.
For now, all of this information comes from a single source — we will follow up once we discover more from authoritative sources.
Continuing its crackdown against entities allegedly involved in a front-running scam using messaging app Telegram, Sebi on Thursday carried out search and seizure operations at the premises of eight entities in multiple locations across the country. "And that set off kind of a battle royale for control of the platform that Durov eventually lost," said Nathalie Maréchal of the Washington advocacy group Ranking Digital Rights. What distinguishes the app from competitors is its use of what's known as channels: Public or private feeds of photos and videos that can be set up by one person or an organization. The channels have become popular with on-the-ground journalists, aid workers and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who broadcasts on a Telegram channel. The channels can be followed by an unlimited number of people. Unlike Facebook, Twitter and other popular social networks, there is no advertising on Telegram and the flow of information is not driven by an algorithm. Investors took profits on Friday while they could ahead of the weekend, explained Tom Essaye, founder of Sevens Report Research. Saturday and Sunday could easily bring unfortunate news on the war front—and traders would rather be able to sell any recent winnings at Friday’s earlier prices than wait for a potentially lower price at Monday’s open. The last couple days have exemplified that uncertainty. On Thursday, news emerged that talks in Turkey between the Russia and Ukraine yielded no positive result. But on Friday, Reuters reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin said there had been some “positive shifts” in talks between the two sides.
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