THE BELL WEEKLY: How Telegram’s hands-off approach backfired

Hello! This week we again look at the case against Telegram founder Pavel Durov — how the site’s lax approach to content moderation put the service at the heart of the online gray economy, and landed Durov in a French jail. We also spoke to an expert on autocratic regimes about how the end of the Putin regime could come about.

Pavel Durov opposed strict moderation — it could cost him his freedom, and his company

Telegram founder and Russian tech icon Pavel Durov spent just 96 hours in a French jail.