To do that, let s begin with mike isaac, tech correspondent for the new york times, who s in san francisco. We didn t quite know a lot from the very beginning. We understood that durov was detained, and it was pretty clandestine in the beginning. Then later, the french prosecutors let out a few different reasons. According to a sort of brief statement, it was facilitating child pornography, human trafficking, drug trafficking, a sort of vague reference to encryption issues on the app. So it was kind of a laundry list of issues. More broadly, mike, were you surprised that this happened in france? so, this is. . . One of the fascinating aspects of this case is, you know, it s a big deal in any sort of country at this point, i believe, to really take under arrest the ceo of a major tech company, especially one used by almost a billion people, that telegram is. I think the distinction that s important here is that the arrest was made not under eu sort of broader laws, but specifically unde
On the app. So it was kind of a laundry list of issues. More broadly, mike, were you surprised that this happened in france? so, this is. . . One of the fascinating aspects of this case is, you know, it s a big deal in any sort of country at this point, i believe, to really take under arrest the ceo of a major tech company, especially one used by almost a billion people, that telegram is. I think the distinction that s important here is that the arrest was made not under eu sort of broader laws, but specifically under french sort ofjurisdiction. And i also think that other tech ceos are looking at that and what that means for travel across different countries, not. . . I think durov is a different case because of how uncooperative he has been with different countries over the years but it s something to look at. Related to that, my bbc news colleague joe tidy has been reporting in the last few hours that telegram refuses to join international programmes aimed at detecting and removin
Been arrested close to paris and we re going to explore the implications notjust for him and for telegram, but for many of the biggest tech platforms in the world. To do that, let s begin with mike isaac, tech correspondent for the new york times, who s in san francisco. We didn t quite know a lot from the very beginning. We understood that durov was detained, and it was pretty clandestine in the beginning. Then later, the french prosecutors let out a few different reasons. According to a sort of brief statement, it was facilitating child pornography, human trafficking, drug trafficking, a sort of vague reference to encryption issues on the app. So it was kind of a laundry list of issues. More broadly, mike, were you surprised that this happened in france? so, this is. . . One of the fascinating aspects of this case is, you know, it s a big deal in any sort of country at this point, i believe, to really take under arrest the ceo of a major tech company, especially one used by almost
This is bbc news. We ll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. Hi, i m ros atkins with this week s edition of the media show. We re going to talk about the messaging app telegram after its founder was arrested close to paris. We ll also bejoined by the editor of the satirical website in the us, the onion, which is relaunching its print edition. And we ll hear about a blockbuster game which has been made in china. Let s start by talking about the messaging app telegram, because its founder and its ceo, pavel durov, has been arrested close to paris and we re going to explore the implications notjust for him and for telegram, but for many of the biggest tech platforms in the world. To do that, let s begin with mike isaac, tech correspondent for the new york times, who s in san francisco. We didn t quite know a lot from the very beginning. We understood that durov was detained, and it was pretty clandestine in the beginning. Then later,
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