Telegram says it abides by European laws and that the company’s CEO Pavel Durov has “nothing to hide.” The messaging app is questioning the grounds for France’s detention of Durov, who was taken into custody at a Paris airport over the weekend. According to Agence France-Presse, he was detained on suspicion of failing to take steps to prevent criminal use of Telegram. Annabelle Droulers reports on Bloomberg Television.
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Peter Sobat
Peter Sobat is a Los Angeles based creative entrepreneur who built his career in television, music videos, and documentaries. He helped develop the hit series Bridezillas, has directing and producing credits on MythBusters, Pimp My Ride, and Trading Spaces, and, as executive producer of Cypress Hill’s BReal TV, created The SmokeBox, which has generated billions of views. His award-winning music videos and documentaries have been shot on six continents for networks including CBS, MTV, ABC, ESPN, FOX, and Discovery, and for artists such as Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Cypress Hill, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, YG, Nipsey Hussle, and Wu-Tang Clan.
He founded BlurredCulture.com, a culture site that has reached millions of views, and The Bakerie, a cannabis brand that grew to operations in multiple states. Today he runs the Department of Peculiar Ideas (TheDopi.com), a boutique agency creating branding and campaigns for adidas, Nike, Ford, Ram, Japan Airlines, LAFC, Cookies, and High Times.