Twelve suspects were detained in France over the weekend after at least 145 people reported being pricked with syringes during a street music festival, the country’s interior ministry announced. The incidents occurred across thenationwide celebration Fête de la Musique, with at least 13 cases happening in Paris. According to the …
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The charges of criminal complicity brought against billionaire Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France on Wednesday over allegedly enabling child exploitation and drug trafficking on the messaging app have raised alarm about crackdowns on other social media platforms. But how many tech companies and execs are really at risk? Despite …
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Pavel Durov, the 39-year-old billionaire co-founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, appeared before an investigating judge in a Paris court Wednesday evening after being detained and questioned by French law enforcement since his arrest last weekend. That magistrate issued six preliminary criminal charges against Durov for allegedly allowing …
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When people recognize Bruno Gouery on the street he usually gets one of two reactions. Some fans are delighted to see the eccentric Frenchman Luc from Emily in Paris. Others are moved to (genially) scold him as one of those gay men who murdered Jennifer Coolidge on The White Lotus. …
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