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Fortune
Christiaan Hetzner

Elon Musk calls for release of Telegram founder Pavel Durov as arrest sparks debate whether X owner may be next

Elon Musk attends the 10th Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

X owner Elon Musk has sprung to the defense of the founder of controversial messaging app Telegram, calling for the 39-year-old to be released from French custody.

The spectacular arrest of Pavel Durov on the tarmac of Paris’s Le Bourget airport just after his private jet touched down on Saturday elicited an intense debate over where exactly the boundaries of protected free speech end and the rule of law begins.

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