‘No freedom of speech’: Arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France receives backlash

Pavel Durov, a 39-year-old billionaire cast as “Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg,” was arrested at Le Bourget airport outside Paris shortly after landing on a private jet late on Saturday from Azerbaijan. Durov was arrested as part of an ongoing judicial investigation, and there was no political motive, French President Macron said in a post on X on Monday.