The arrest of “Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg” rattles social media

Pavel Durov, founder of the messaging app Telegram, speaks at a conference in 2014

2024-08-27  1006  困难

The limited details released about the case have fanned speculation about the reason for Mr Durov’s detention. Elon Musk, the libertarian owner of X (formerly known as Twitter), framed it as part a worldwide battle over free speech, posting that in Europe people will soon be “executed for liking a meme”. Others saw geopolitical motives, noting Telegram’s role in Russia’s war against Ukraine, both as a disseminator of information and a military communication tool. When Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, took to X to insist that Mr Durov’s detention was “in no way a political decision”, conspiracy theories only proliferated.

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