Pavel Durov, the founder of the messaging app Telegram, was detained by French police on August 24 as his private plane landed at an airport near Paris. Initially, the reasons for his detention were unclear.
The South Korean government has reached out to social media platforms, including the messaging app Telegram, demanding the removal of deepfake sexual content from their servers. Officials have identified Telegram as a major conduit for the distribution of such material.
During his keynote at the Token2049 conference, Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, unveiled various blockchain integrations within the messaging app, including built-in NFTs and a new profit-sharing strategy for content creators.