{"id":36830,"date":"2024-08-28T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/telegram-ceo-pavel-durov-released-from-custody-taken-to-court\/"},"modified":"2024-08-28T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T16:30:00","slug":"telegram-ceo-pavel-durov-released-from-custody-taken-to-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/telegram-ceo-pavel-durov-released-from-custody-taken-to-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Telegram CEO Pavel Durov released from custody, taken to court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : CoinJournal: Latest Crypto News, Altcoin News and Cryptocurrency Comparison )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post-article-image  -mt-24  mb-8  lg:-mt-32  rounded  overflow-hidden\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2024\/08\/durov-smartcrop-750x375.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 750px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2024\/08\/durov-smartcrop-363x181.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2024\/08\/durov-smartcrop-750x375.jpg\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 750px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2024\/08\/durov-smartcrop-363x181.jpg\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/>\n<\/picture>                    <\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been taken to court following his arrest and detention in police custody for 96 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/europe\/20240828-telegram-ceo-durov-to-appear-in-paris-court-after-initial-detention-ends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">France 24<\/a>, police transferred Durov to court as the four-day timeline for authorities to hold an individual before presenting them in court elapsed on Wednesday, August 28. The Telegram founder had been at the anti-fraud offices in Paris since his arrest last weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Durov\u2019s arrest has elicited an outcry across the globe, with many terming it an afront on free speech. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino <a href=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/news\/telegram-ceos-arrest-is-very-concerning-tether-ceo-says\/\">called it \u201cvery concerning<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Charges against Durov<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 39-year old billionaire is being accused of violations related to his Telegram app, largely around the lack of moderation. Allegations also include complicit in fraud schemes and drug trafficking among other charges.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: TELEGRAM CEO PAVEL DUROV RELEASED FROM CUSTODY<\/p>\n<p>Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been released from French custody after his arrest at Paris&#8217;s Le Bourget Airport.<\/p>\n<p>Durov was detained amid allegations of failing to moderate illegal content on Telegram, including\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WKjg5TLq53\">pic.twitter.com\/WKjg5TLq53<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarioNawfal\/status\/1828800293745590406?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Durov, born in Russia, holds French and United Arab Emirates citizenship. He founded Telegram a decade ago, with the encrypted messaging app seeing exponential growth since to count a reported user base of over 950 million people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In recent months, Telegram has emerged as a top destination for crypto tap-to-earn games, with the TON blockchain integration a key component of this growth. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">His arrest saw the Toncoin (TON) token plummet by more than 20%.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-meta\">\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Share this article<\/h6>\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Categories<\/h6>\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Tags<\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/news\/telegram-founder-pavel-durov-taken-to-court-in-france\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : CoinJournal: Latest Crypto News, Altcoin News and Cryptocurrency Comparison ) Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been taken to court following his arrest and detention in police custody for 96 hours. According to France 24, police transferred Durov to court as the four-day timeline for authorities to hold an individual before presenting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":36831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36830"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}