French police have arrested the founder of Telegram. What happens next could change the course of big tech
- Written by Timothy Koskie, Postdoctoral researcher, School of Media and Communications, University of Sydney
rafapress/ShutterstockWhen Pavel Durov arrived in France on his private jet last Saturday, he was greeted by police who promptly arrested him. As the founder of the direct messaging platform Telegram, he was accused of facilitating the widespread crimes committed on it.
The following day, a French judge extended Durov’s initial period of...





