Odaily星球日报讯 “棱镜门”披露者爱德华·斯诺登在 X 平台发文表示，“逮捕 Telegram 首席执行官 Pavel Durov 是对言论自由和结社权等基本人权的侵犯。我感到震惊和深感悲痛，马克龙竟然堕落到通过扣押人质的方式来获取私人通讯。这不仅让法国蒙羞，也让全世界蒙羞。”

斯诺登：法国逮捕Telegram CEO是对言论自由等基本人权的侵犯

Odaily Odaily News: Edward Snowden, the whistleblower of the &quot;Prism Gate&quot;, posted on the X platform, &quot;The arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is a violation of basic human rights such as freedom of speech and the right to association. I am shocked and deeply saddened that Macron has fallen to the point of taking hostages to obtain private communications. This is not only a shame for France, but also a shame for the whole world.&quot;

Snowden: France's arrest of Telegram CEO is a violation of basic human rights such as freedom of expression

The founder and CEO of the global messaging app Telegram, which has 900 million users, Pavel Durov, was detained by the French anti-fraud office on the evening of August 24 after arriving at the Paris-Le Bourget airport on a private plane from Azerbaijan. The detention was due to allegations of money laundering, drug trafficking, and the distribution of pedophilic content on the Telegram platform, for which the French government has issued a warrant for Durov's arrest.

Durov faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. According to the source, Pavel Durov arrived at the Bujumbura airport on a private plane from Azerbaijan.

Heavy! Telegram founder Durov was arrested and could be sentenced to 20 years in prison. TON fell 17%

According to the report from French INFO TF1/LCI, Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the encrypted messaging app Telegram, was arrested around 8 PM on Saturday evening as he was getting off a private plane on the tarmac at Le Bourget airport. The 39-year-old, who holds dual French and Russian citizenship, was accompanied by his bodyguards and a woman at the time.

The arrest was carried out by the GT (Air Transport Gendarmerie). Pavel Durov is on the FPR (Wanted Persons File) in France, and he had arrived directly from Azerbaijan.

Breaking: Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested in France, law enforcement agencies accuse him of mentioning cryptocurrency TON, urgent response

Source: Wired
Author: Joel Khalili
Translator: Bit push News Yanan
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Although the cryptocurrency industry is relatively small in scale and has not yet shown significant mainstream practical value, its investment in the US election has exceeded that of any other industry.
At the Democratic National Convention held in Chicago this week, Jonathan Padilla, a former White House technology advisor and current head of policy at Bit, said the cryptocurrency industry has become a major player in US politics.