Published on August 26, 2024 at 9:08 p.m. / Modified on August 26, 2024 at 9:14 p.m.
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This Saturday, August 24, will remain a major date in the history of web communications. For the first time, the director of a major messaging application was arrested and then taken into custody. We are not talking about an obscure app used by a circle of insiders. This is Telegram, a messaging service used by more than 900 million people and with functions comparable to WhatsApp. The arrest of Pavel Durov, co-founder and director of Telegram, goes beyond his person and even his company: behind his arrest, part of the future of messaging is at stake, from data encryption to content moderation, including freedom of expression. Here are the issues at stake in this extraordinary case.
1. Why was Pavel Durov arrested?
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