Pavel Durov sits in a French jail tonight, a living warning to any platform owner who refuses to censor the truth at the behest of governments and intel agencies. Darkness is descending fast on the formerly free world. Here’s our interview with Durov from several months ago:
https://tuckercarlson.com/the-tucker-carlson-interview-pavel-durov
The first sentence in the post title is incorrect. Prior to Telegram Durov had another company called VKontakte. He was ousted after making an April Fools joke of him stepping down as CEO. Since then VK had been under the Kremlin's control.