Telegram CEO Pavel Durov charged by French prosecutors
Business,Criminal Justice,France,Free Speech,Telegram
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Pavel Durov, the CEO and co-founder of the news and messaging app Telegram, has been charged in France with enabling numerous criminal transactions, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of 500,000 euros ($555,750), according to French prosecutors Wednesday. It marks one of the few instances in which the CEO of a major internet platform has been charged over alleged criminal failure to moderate what users do on its platform. In a statement Wednesday, the Paris prosecutor’s office said that Telegram had almost completely...
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