Russia and Elon Musk have condemned the action against the messaging app’s Russian-born co-founder.
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has been detained by French police.
The detention of the Russian-born billionaire has drawn criticism from Moscow and Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X.
Why is he being detained? And does this case have broader implications for social media regulation?
presenter: Sami Jaydan
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Ben Aris – Founder and Editor-in-Chief of bne IntelliNews.
Chris Stockel-Walker – technology and digital culture journalist, host of the Techtonic podcast for human rights group Article 19.