🛩 Tucker Carlson conducted another interview with Pavel Durov. Here are the highlights:
🟠 Pavel was unlawfully detained in France — authorities failed to follow proper legal procedures for official requests, and as a result, Durov spent 4 days in solitary confinement without any contact with the outside world.
🟠 Telegram can disclose the IP address and phone number of suspects upon a valid court order — but not the contents of chats. France is no exception, and if a backdoor request were ever made, Telegram would cease operations in the country.
🟠 Telegram generated over $500 million in revenue last year, primarily from paid subscriptions.
🟠 Telegram is issuing bonds with the involvement of JP Morgan — the largest bank in the world.
🟠 Durov rarely uses a phone — only for Telegram testing. He says smartphones are distracting, reduce focus, and increase the risk of surveillance (including trojans like Pegasus, which once infected his own phone).
