Sat Sep 07 07:22:34 UTC 2024: – Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov criticises his arrest by French authorities, calling it a misguided approach
– Durov states that holding innovators personally liable for potential misuse of their innovations will demotivate them from creating new things
– He denies claims that Telegram is an anarchic paradise, stating that harmful content is taken down daily
– Durov was arrested on allegations of irresponsibility related to content on Telegram, including sharing abusive content, drug trafficking, cyberbullying, and aiding terrorism
– Durov is a co-founder of Telegram and left Russia in 2014 after refusing to comply with government requests to remove opposition groups on VKontakte

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