Telegram with close to 1 billion users, is particularly influential in Russia, Ukraine and the republics of the former Soviet Union.

"The arrest of the Telegram president on French territory took place as part of an ongoing judicial investigation," Macron wrote on X. "This is in no way a political decision. It is up to the judges to decide."

Telegram CEO arrested over probe into child porn, drug trafficking on app https://t.co/GTZs9hkzbK

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