Early voting has brought with it a wave of harassment and violence against poll workers. As local officials and volunteers attempt to carry out the nation’s quadrennial exercise in democracy with as little disruptions as possible, extremist groups are once again preparing to challenge election results — and are prepared …
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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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Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire tech entrepreneur who with his brother Nikolai Durov co-founded the encrypted messaging app Telegram and serves as its CEO, is in custody after being arrested at an airport outside of Paris, law enforcement officials in France confirmed on Monday. He could be detained through Wednesday …
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X, formerly Twitter, has been flooded with misinformation and otherwise dangerous content since Hamas attacked Israel last Saturday. But while X helps deliver a tide of bogus content to mainstream audiences, a different app is serving as ground zero for viral misinformation, while giving users the impression that they’re getting …
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