He is suspected of involvement in 12 crimes related to Telegram's administration and will remain in custody until August 28. Also read ...

Each month, our panel of crypto lawyers looks at the legal implications of some of the thorniest problems facing the industry in different jurisdictions around the world. The arrest of Telegram ...

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s arrest in France on Saturday took the tech world by surprise. The 39-year-old Russian-born billionaire was detained after touching down at an airport outside of Paris ...

Durov’s attorney said the suggestion that he should be held responsible for any crimes committed on the app is “absurd,” as the app has nearly 1 billion users. Telegram describes itself as an instant ...

Beccuau said there was a near-total lack of response from Telegram to requests for cooperation in cases related to crimes against minors, drug crimes, and online hate. This led authorities "to ...

For millions of people, Telegram is like any other social media or messaging app. In Brazil, 167,000 people subscribe to a Telegram channel for news about reality shows and entertainment.

After spending four days in police custody, the founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, was put under formal investigation in France on Thursday for a wide range of criminal charges.