Telegram messaging app CEO Pavel Durov arrested at airport in France: Reports

Telegram messaging app CEO and founder Pavel Durov was arrested at the Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday evening, reported Reuters citing French media. The messaging app, influential in Russia, Ukraine and the other republics of the former Soviet Union, is ranked as one of the major social media platforms after YouTube, Facebook, WhatsApp, TikTok, Instagram and WeChat. It aims to hit one billion users in the next year.