Telegram CEO’s French Travel Ban Fully Lifted By Investigators

Telegram billionaire Chief Executive Officer Pavel Durov’s travel ban has been fully lifted by French authorities investigating him over his messaging platform.

Law enforcement are looking at whether Durov was complicit in allowing crimes to be committed on the app. Initially he was ordered to stay in France but in June Durov won an easing of the measures to allow him to make limited trips to Dubai.

Pavel Durov

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The latest decision, dated Nov. 10, fully lifts the ban on leaving France and also removes a requirement to regularly check in at a local police station, according to a person ...