Pavel Durov, the Russian-born entrepreneur who founded the online communications tool Telegram, was charged in France with a wide range of crimes for failing to prevent illicit activity on the app, and barred from leaving the country. His indictment was a rare move by legal authorities to hold a top technology executive personally liable for the behavior of users on a major messaging platform, escalating the debate over the role of tech companies in online speech, privacy and security and the limits of their responsibility.
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