According to TechFlow, Sequoia Capital partner Shaun Maguire said that Telegram founder Pavel Durov was arrested in France on August 25. Although there are some controversies on the Telegram platform, Durov should be regarded as a hero rather than a villain.
He noted that Durov’s original intention in creating Telegram was to resist authoritarian governments and enable citizens to communicate across borders and regimes.
Maguire also mentioned that Telegram has played an important role in many pro-democracy protests over the past decade. The French government has filed 12 charges against Durov, but Maguire believes the charges could be directed at any social media platform.
He called for attention to the matter, believing that it concerns the future of Western liberal values, and hoped that French President Macron would intervene.