Telegram: 2 seriously smart brothers, billionaires, hiding in UAE. Governments want to snatch them (and got lucky, last week). Telegram is Web3.0, soo

[narta]

Damn, you've got some good knowledge on the topic. I hope so.

Old dog, but can learn new tricks

 

[malfeasance]

So why is their CEO being held in France on an arrest warrant?

 

[Type-IIx]

So why is their CEO being held in France on an arrest warrant?

It's a combination of charges, some relate to money laundering conspiracy. But also, France has stringent standards for internet content (censorship) some of which overlaps with a policy since WWII to root out extremism (particularly extreme right); and given the apparent widespread horrific content on TG since they took so laissez faire an approach to censorship, all the other crimes he's being charged as an accessory to, or even worse. So they've wrapped up charges that relate to censorship failures and money laundering. The money laundering charges are more opaque; we don't know everything basically.