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Telegram and X expose tech platforms’ new reality

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🗓️ 12 September 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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The arrest of Pavel Durov, founder of the controversial messaging app, and the ban of X in Brazil shows state officials are not afraid to intervene in Big Tech. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists debate what it means and how CEOs should manage the threat. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.3

French media citing unnamed sources say he was arrested at Bruges Airport outside Paris.

0:44.3

D'Rov was reportedly traveling aboard his private jet.

0:50.3

The 39-year-old's detention has fueled debate on where freedom of speech ends and enforcement of the law begins.

1:01.0

Telegram, the messaging app, and X the social media site are in the crosshairs of more interventionist governments,

1:08.0

which is threatening the notion that free speech of any kind

1:12.0

can be protected. But what does this mean for other companies, and will some be chastened by the

1:18.0

threat of arrests and sanctions? Stay tuned for this week's Viewsroom. Welcome back to the Viewsroom, the weekly podcast where you, the listener, are invited into a lively debate about big corporate stories with Breaking Views columnists.

1:36.8

I'm your host, Amy Dunlund. A day of reckoning is happening in the world of social media and messaging apps.

1:45.9

Pavl Durov, the founder of Telegram, was arrested in France as part of an investigation into

1:51.3

crimes around images of child sex abuse and drug trafficking. In a separate case in Brazil,

1:57.5

the social media site X has been banned from the country amid a row over

2:01.5

disinformation. But what do these two examples tell us about the balance of power between

2:06.3

corporations and governments? Here to talk me through the situation is Karen Kwok,

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