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#2| So long, and thanks for all the crimes

#2| So long, and thanks for all the crimes

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In this episode of Founders Behaving Badly, we dig into Pavel Durov, Telegram’s meme-loving billionaire, whose “free speech forever” stance ultimately got him arrested.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:45 - A surprise arrest in Paris

00:03:32 - What even is Telegram?

00:06:18 - Free speech or just non-compliance?

00:08:29 - Memes, Mark Zuckerberg, and four passports

00:11:55 - 100 kids and no headquarters

00:15:08 - 950M users and zero filters

00:17:27 - From ISIS to influencers

00:23:56 - When privacy policies bite back

00:26:46 - A three-year fall from grace

00:29:27 - What the charges really mean

00:32:12 - Tech’s first platform liability arrest

00:34:33 - Enter Elon Musk (of course)

00:36:15 - Telegram changes its tune

00:41:32 - Is this really ‘bad behavior’?

00:46:13 - Advice for the founder in free fall

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