Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, was arrested when his private jet landed near Paris 48 hours ago.
Durov was born in Russia and Telegram has almost 1 billion active users. The Russian government asked for Durov to be returned to Russia. And Telegram is sometimes used for bad things, such as terrorist communication and for sending child pornography (two of the worst things imaginable).
With these facts, how can you conclude anything other than that Durov is a villain?
That's wrong. Most people have this story upside down. Durov is a hero.
Durov's first company VK was the largest social network in Russia. Durov started it when he was around 21, basically a kid. The
Russian government effectively seized it from him because he wouldn't cooperate with them
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