French investigative judges are due to decide later on Wednesday whether to place Russian-born Telegram boss Pavel Durov under formal investigation following his arrest as part of a probe into organized crime on the messaging app.
French investigative judges are due to decide later on Wednesday whether to place Russian-born Telegram boss Pavel Durov under formal investigation following his arrest as part of a probe into organized crime on the messaging app.
Durov’s detention as he landed at an airport near Paris on a private jet on Saturday evening has put the spotlight on the criminal liability of app providers and also triggered a debate on where freedom of speech ends and enforcement of the law begins.
With close to 1 billion users, Telegram is particularly prominent in Russia, Ukraine and the republics of the former Soviet Union.
