Russia charges Telegram founder with facilitating terrorism
- Pavel Durov, the founder and chief executive of the encrypted messaging app Telegram, has been charged with aiding terrorism by Russia's security agency.
- Russia’s FSB says Telegram has not pulled content used by Ukrainian intelligence and ‘terrorist’ groups to plan attacks.
- Russian authorities have charged Pavel Durov, cofounder of the encrypted messaging platform Telegram, with “aiding terrorism” and issued an international arrest warrant for him.
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- Pavel Durov, the founder and chief executive of the encrypted messaging app Telegram, has been charged with aiding terrorism by Russia's security agency.
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- Russia’s FSB says Telegram has not pulled content used by Ukrainian intelligence and ‘terrorist’ groups to plan attacks.
- Russian authorities have charged Pavel Durov, cofounder of the encrypted messaging platform Telegram, with “aiding terrorism” and issued an international arrest warrant for him.
Sources: Al Jazeera, Sky News