
#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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