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Telegram chief Pavel Durov: Arrest was ‘misguided’ and app is no ‘anarchic paradise’ | World News
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Telegram boss Pavel Durov has admitted his encrypted messaging app is not perfect but strongly denied it was an “anarchic paradise” as he broke his silence following his arrest in France. Writing on the platform in his first public comments since his detention, the chief executive argued the approach taken by the French authorities was…
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Is Telegram founder’s arrest a sign of the tide turning against social media companies and their bosses? | Science & Tech News
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The bosses of the world’s biggest social media companies have typically avoided personal repercussions, even when their platforms have faced scrutiny over their duties to their billions of users. Social media companies including Facebook, X and TikTok have repeatedly come under fire from policymakers for failing to sufficiently tackle the spread of misinformation, but their…
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Arrest of billionaire Telegram founder not a political decision, says French president | World News
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The arrest of the billionaire Telegram founder on French soil was not a political decision, the country’s president has said. Pavel Durov, who created the encrypted messaging app, was detained after his private jet landed at Le Bourget airport on the outskirts of Paris on Saturday. He has been arrested and detained as part of…
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Pavel Durov’s arrest, much like the Telegram app, works to Russia’s advantage | Science & Tech News
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Is Pavel Durov a brave crusader for liberty and free-speech, or a compromised individual whose social media platform empowers criminals, paedophiles and even Vladmir Putin? The French authorities certainly think he has questions to answer. Social media bosses are regularly questioned by governments – like the recent grilling of the heads of TikTok, Meta, and…
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Pavel Durov has ‘nothing to hide’, Telegram says, after founder’s arrest in France | World News
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Telegram says its chief executive Pavel Durov has “nothing to hide” after he was arrested in France, adding the charges against him are “absurd”. The billionaire founder of the encrypted messaging app was detained after his private jet landed at Le Bourget airport on the outskirts of Paris on Saturday. News broadcasters BFMTV and TF1…
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Pavel Durov: Russia calls Telegram founder a ‘political prisoner’ after arrest in France | World News
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Telegram founder Pavel Durov is a “political prisoner” after his arrest in France, a Russian official has said. The 39-year-old Russian-born billionaire behind the encrypted messaging app was detained after his private jet landed at Le Bourget airport on the outskirts of Paris on Saturday. It is unclear what Mr Durov was arrested for but…
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Cardiac arrest patients had perception, dreams or memories, study into near-death experiences suggests | Science & Tech News
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Almost 40% of people who underwent CPR and survived cardiac arrest had memories, dreamlike experiences or some perception even when they were unconscious, a study into near-death experiences suggests. Researchers also found signs of brain wave activity, suggesting awareness – sometimes up to an hour – before they were resuscitated. “There’s nothing more extreme than…
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Andrew Tate: How the arrest of controversial influencer has impacted his Twitter following | UK News
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Andrew Tate has gained more than six million followers in the five months since his Twitter account was reinstated. His profile spiked in popularity after he was detained in Romania and when he was put under house arrest. The controversial influencer had 38,400 followers when his profile was brought back to the platform in November.…