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Detention of Telegram founder sparks debate about free speech and criminal activity online
Paris CNN — The detention of the Russian-born billionaire founder of Telegram, a messaging app known for its unfiltered content, has sparked debate about freedom of speech and illegal content on the internet. Pavel Durov, 39, was detained at Paris’s …