France removes travel ban for Telegram founder Pavel Durov

Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov appears at an event on August 1, 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia TATAN SYUFLANA / AP

France has lifted its travel ban on Telegram founder Pavel Durov, who is under investigation over illegal content on his messaging app, judicial sources close to the case said on Thursday, November 13. The Russian-born entrepreneur, 41, was detained in Paris in 2024 and is under formal investigation by French authorities over the platform's alleged complicity in criminal activity.

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