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Pavel Durov

  • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
    News in-depth
    How France embraced Telegram’s Pavel Durov — before turning on him

    Accustomed to mixing with the nation’s elite, the tech billionaire says he was surprised to be targeted by its legal system

    Pavel Durov is shown in front of a montage featuring the Telegram logo and the French flag
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    Telegram’s Durov criticises French authorities’ ‘misguided approach’ over his arrest

    Messaging app’s CEO speaks out after being hit with preliminary charges related to the platform

    Pavel Durov on stage speaking on a wireless microphone during a conference.
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    Tech Tonic podcast35 min listen
    The Telegram case: Pavel Durov

    The FT’s John Thornhill and Hannah Murphy on the man behind the controversial messaging app.

  • Sunday, 1 September, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The Durov case is not about free speech

    Telegram’s stand against censorship should not mean allowing criminal content

    Pavel Durov
  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    Person in the News
    Pavel Durov, Telegram’s self-mythologising founder

    Arrested in France, the social media app CEO is accused of promoting free speech idealism at the expense of safety

    Joe Cummings illustration of Person in the News Pavel Durov taking a selfie with his mobile phone.
  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    Telegram
    Telegram: a crypto firm with a sideline in messaging

    Pavel Durov’s company has been coining it in

  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    News in-depthTelegram
    Telegram’s financial future in doubt as chief faces criminal inquiry

    French authorities’ action against Pavel Durov hits IPO plans and leaves bondholders nursing steep losses

    Pavel Durov, dressed in black, stands against a backdrop of US dollar bills and multiple Telegram logos.
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    John Thornhill
    Pavel Durov and the limits of free speech

    Telegram has failed to distinguish between the demands of autocratic regimes and legitimate democratic requests

    Pavel Durov, CEO and co-founder of Telegram, speaks onstage during day one of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 at Pier 70 in San Francisco, California. He is sitting in a chair, wearing a dark jacket, and has a microphone headset.
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    War unfiltered: how Telegram straddles the Ukraine front line

    From combat orders to air-raid alerts, app is now vital for both Russian and Ukrainian troops and civilians

    From left: Ukrainian soldiers in Sumy; Mariupol building damage
  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    French authorities issue preliminary charges against Telegram CEO

    Pavel Durov barred from leaving France as part of probe into messaging app by Paris prosecutors

    Pavel Durov
  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    Technology sector
    EU investigating Telegram over user numbers

    Brussels probing possible failure by messaging platform to provide accurate data under new regulations

    Telegram logo displayed on a phone screen
  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    News in-depth
    How Telegram chief Pavel Durov miscalculated on moderation

    Social media billionaire’s decade-long effort to avoid government scrutiny has backfired with French arrest

    Montage shows Pavel Durov with Telegram logo and swirling blue background
  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
    Telegram
    French authorities extend custody of Telegram chief to legal limit

    Pavel Durov could be held until Wednesday as magistrate determines whether to charge social media billionaire

    Pavel Durov
  • Monday, 26 August, 2024
    Macron hits back at claims Telegram chief’s arrest is political

    French president says that fate of Pavel Durov will be ‘up to the judges to decide’

    Founder and CEO of Telegram Pavel Durov
  • Monday, 26 August, 2024
    Telegram
    Telegram founder arrested over platform’s ‘lack of moderation’ on child sex abuse

    French police allege that messaging app led by Pavel Durov has not done enough to tackle criminal activity

    Pavel Durov, co-founder of Telegram, smiles after his meeting with Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 1, 2017. Durov is pictured indoors with a well-lit ceiling in the background.
  • Sunday, 25 August, 2024
    Telegram
    Russian lawmakers hit back at arrest of Telegram chief Durov in France

    Billionaire detained at Paris airport for failing to adequately moderate criminal activity on his messaging platform

    Pavel Durov, chief executive officer of Telegram, speaks during a keynote session at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. Durov is wearing a black shirt and a headset microphone.
  • Tuesday, 12 March, 2024
    The Big Read
    Telegram: social media giant or the new ‘dark web’?

    As the messaging platform gears up for a potential stock market flotation, it is under pressure to curtail use by criminals

    Montage of images of Pavel Durov, a Hong Kond protester with an umbrella and a screen shot from a Hamas channel
  • Monday, 11 March, 2024
    InterviewTelegram
    Telegram hits 900mn users as founder considers IPO

    In rare interview, Pavel Durov says secretive messaging app is making ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ from ads business

    A montage of the Telegram logo and a picture of Pavel Durov
  • Tuesday, 23 March, 2021
    Social Media
    Telegram raises $1bn from investors including Abu Dhabi state funds

    Mubadala and its Catalyst Partners joint venture among latest bond backers of messaging app

  • Friday, 27 April, 2018
    Social Media
    Isis ‘sim card’ man sentenced to 8 years for UK terror offences

    Rabar Mala used Telegram apps to help Syrian fighters communicate

    Illustrations Of Popular Mobile Apps And Social Media Sites...A man is seen as a silhouette as he checks a mobile device whilst standing against an illuminated wall bearing Telegram's logo in this arranged photograph in London, U.K., on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016. The Telegram messaging app, which allows users to encrypt text that self-destructs on a timer, took down a number of channels Islamic State was using for propaganda, highlighting the actions some online companies are taking to react to terrorism. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
  • Friday, 20 April, 2018
    News in-depthWeek in Review
    Telegram’s Pavel Durov looks to stay ahead of Russian authorities

    Tech entrepreneur has become a target for creating messaging app known for privacy

    Founder and CEO of Telegram Pavel Durov delivers a keynote speech during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 23, 2016. REUTERS/Albert Gea - D1AESOQXTQAB
  • Tuesday, 17 April, 2018
    Technology sector
    Russia's Telegram block hits other websites, apps
  • Friday, 13 April, 2018
    Technology sector
    Moscow court bans messaging app Telegram

    Telegram refused to turn over encrypted messaging traffic to security services

    FILE PHOTO: Men pose with smartphones in front of a screen showing the Telegram logo in this picture illustration November 18, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
  • Friday, 13 April, 2018
    Social Media
    Moscow court bans Telegram messaging app

    Ban opens way for nationwide block

  • Monday, 2 April, 2018
    Social Media
    Telegram rejects Russian demand to hand over user data

    Messaging app says it is unable to provide encryption keys to secret services

    FILE PHOTO: Men pose with smartphones in front of a screen showing the Telegram logo in this picture illustration November 18, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
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