In the war for control of the internet, the potential significance of Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov’s arrest is difficult to overstate. At the heart of French authorities’ case against the Russian-born billionaire is an enormously consequential question: are online platforms legally responsible for the speech of their users?…
Former President Donald Trump said that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is unlikely to serve in his Cabinet should he win a second White House term because of his extensive business obligations which include running several companies. “He wants to be involved. Now look, he’s running big businesses and all that,…
Russian Foreign Ministry is working to ‘clarify’ the detention of the 39-year-old founder and CEO of Telegram. Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, has been arrested at Bourget airport outside Paris for alleged offences related to his messaging app, French media reports. Local sources said…
Move comes weeks after Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli was sworn into office following the collapse of the previous government. Nepal has lifted its ban on TikTok less than a year after blocking the Chinese-owned application out of its stated concern for “social harmony”. Minister for Communication and Information…
Country music band “The Chicks” were ripped for their “awful” rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner during the fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention. Bandmates Natalie Maines and sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer took the stage inside the United Center in Chicago on Thursday for an acapella…
Raygun has signed with a talent agency, but there are suggestions the breakdancer has already missed the boat. Rachael Gunn, who used the name ‘Raygun’ during her widely mocked breaking appearance at the Paris Olympic Games, continues to figure prominently in the Australian media. This week the 36-year-old Gunn was linked…
Not the Legend-ary performance fans hoped for. Grammy winner John Legend disappointed fans with his lackluster cover of Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy” at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night. Legend, 45, took the stage alongside musician Sheila E. moments before Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz delivered his first major address…
The stock is seen by some retail traders as a bet on whether Trump would win a second term as US president. Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), which is majority-owned by former United States President Donald Trump, have sunk to record lows following the Republican presidential candidate’s…
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been mocked as “cringe” and “bizarre” after she was accused of putting on a fake new accent during her fiery Democratic National Convention speech. The lefty congresswoman, 34, was ripped on social media in the wake of her minutes-long rousing address to delegates in Chicago on…
Social media platform says shutdown ‘effective immediately’ but Brazilian users will still have access to X. Social media giant X has announced it will shutter its operations in Brazil following a legal tussle with a top Brazilian judge over the platform’s rights and responsibilities to counter disinformation. The platform, previously…
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