The boss of social media platform Telegram has been arrested in France, accused of allowing the sharing of illegal content.
The Russia-founded messaging platform has stayed out of the limelight in the West but has hundreds of millions of users across the world, and plays a key role in the Ukraine war.
Libertarian leanings
Pavel Durov, arrested after landing on his private jet in Paris on Saturday, launched the platform in 2013 with his brother Nikolai.
It claims to have 950 million users—up from 550 million in 2022.
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