Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Questions Arrest in France: ‘I’m Still Confused’

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has said he still doesn’t know why he was detained by French authorities in August 2024. In a new interview with political commentator Tucker Carlson, he suggested the incident may have been politically motivated and possibly linked to government scrutiny over alleged illicit activity on the messaging app. In a June 10 YouTube interview, Durov revealed that during his arrest at Le Bourget Airport near Paris last year, French authorities seemed chiefly focused on understanding the inner workings of the cloud-based messaging platform.   Durov noted that Telegram is audited by a Big Four accounting firm, works The post Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Questions Arrest in France: ‘I’m Still Confused’ first appeared on The Shib Daily source: https://news.shib.io/2025/06/10/telegram-founder-pavel-durov-questions-arrest-in-france-im-still-confused/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=telegram-founder-pavel-durov-questions-arrest-in-france-im-still-confused