Why was Telegram Founder Arrested in France?

[Starmix]

According to the report, Pavel Durov, who is the founder of the hugely popular messaging service Telegram, was arrested in France after being accused of failing to stop various kinds of criminality on his platform.

By arresting Russia-born billionaire tech founder, French police have dived headlong into a fractious debate on free speech online that could have global ramifications. Was his arrest political? Is it unprecedented to charge a tech CEO for the crimes on his platform?

When you make good money, you definitely will attract many enemies who would like to bring you down. There are any envious eyes and wanting to pull you down. If you don't find a means of multiplying your money, you will wake up one day and realize that the money you thought you had, had been exhausted. Investment is a ladder to climb the financial wall. Why arrest right away without due process?

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[Augusta]

Yes he should be be arrested so that he does something about the criminality on his platform. A lot fraudulent activities are going on there

 

[Starmix]

Yes he should be be arrested so that he does something about the criminality on his platform. A lot fraudulent activities are going on there

Really mate? I uninstalled my telegram app. I am not attracted to join on that app. There are only a very few members in the Philippines
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[mrki444]

He didn't want use any tool for children protection on his network. Also he allow many forbiden content without any moderation.

 

[Cpvr]

He didn't want use any tool for children protection on his network. Also he allow many forbiden content without any moderation.

He was arrested because he refused to cooperate with the government and give up user’s data.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov hits out at ‘misguided’ arrest

Tech founder says French authorities are putting innovation at risk in first public comments since his detention.

www.aljazeera.com

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has criticised French authorities for pursuing “misguided” criminal charges against him instead of approaching his company with their concerns in his first public comments since his arrest.

In a post on Telegram on Thursday, Durov said it was “surprising” to learn that he could be held personally responsible for illegal activities carried out by other people on his social media-cum-messaging platform.

If a country is unhappy with an internet service, the established practice is to start a legal action against the service itself,” the Russian-born tech entrepreneur wrote.

“Using laws from the pre-smartphone era to charge a CEO with crimes committed by third parties on the platform he manages is a misguided approach.”

Durov said Telegram has an official representative in the European Union who uses a publicly available email address and that French authorities had “numerous ways” to reach him personally.

France’s handling of the case risks stifling innovation in tech, he said.

Building technology is hard enough as it is,” he wrote. “No innovator will ever build new tools if they know they can be personally held responsible for potential abuse of those tools.”

Durov, a citizen of Russia, France, United Arab Emirates and Saint Kitts and Nevis, also hit out at suggestions that Telegram is an “anarchic paradise”.

“We take down millions of harmful posts and channels every day,” he wrote.

Still, Durov acknowledged that there are voices who argue Telegram’s efforts are “not enough”.

“Telegram’s abrupt increase in user count to 950 [million] caused growing pains that made it easier for criminals to abuse our platform,” he wrote.

 

[Starmix]

Some users of a social media site are abusive. It's better for the good members to report any untoward incidents to the telegram management like on Facebook. I reported many scam sites and indecent videos.