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Vermont Lawmaker Resigns Over Republican Group Chat

Sam Douglass was the only elected official making comments in the chat

(Newser) - A Vermont state senator has resigned after being exposed as the only elected official in a Republican group chat filled with racist and antisemitic messages. Sam Douglass, who represented a district near the Canadian border and chaired Vermont's Young Republicans, stepped down on Friday. He said his resignation...

Telegram Founder Says He's Leaving Fortune to His 106 Kids

Pavel Durov says those born from sperm donations will have same rights as others

(Newser) - Telegram co-founder and CEO Pavel Durov plans to leave his wealth to his offspring—all 106 of them. In an interview with France's Le Point magazine, the 40-year-old says he recently wrote his will, and his fortune will go to the six children with three partners he is the...

Easygoing DJ Hid a Dark Double Life
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Mar 30, 2025 7:29 AM CDT

Easygoing DJ Hid a Dark Double Life

Matthew Allison of Boise, accused of being online terror leader, insists he's merely a video 'artist'

(Newser) - He was, by all accounts, a friendly and easygoing guy in Boise, Idaho. "A little goofy" is how one acquaintance describes Matthew Allison to ProPublica . The 37-year-old worked at a convenience store and tried to pick up gigs as a weekend DJ at parties. But an arrest last year...

Feds: White Supremacists Tried to Start Race War

'Terrorgram Collective' targeted marginalized groups, infrastructure, prosecutors say

(Newser) - Two suspects said to be leaders of a white supremacist group are now facing criminal charges, with federal prosecutors alleging they took to the Telegram messaging platform to incite a race war by going after the Black, LGBTQ+, Jewish, and immigrant communities. The indictment accuses 34-year-old Dallas Humber of California...

Telegram Founder Charged, Barred From Leaving France
France Charges Telegram Chief
Aug 28, 2024 5:06 PM CDT

France Charges Telegram Chief

Platform's founder is free but cannot leave the country

(Newser) - Pavel Durov was charged with a series of crimes in France on Wednesday tied to users' activities on the Telegram app he founded, a rare instance of a top technology executive being held personally responsible for what occurs on an online platform. Durov, who was detained Saturday , was released Wednesday...

France Frees Telegram CEO
France Frees Telegram CEO
Aug 28, 2024 9:30 AM CDT

France Frees Telegram CEO

But Pavel Durov will appear in court

(Newser) - French prosecutors on Wednesday freed Telegram CEO Pavel Durov from police custody after four days of questioning over allegations that the platform is being used for illegal activities, reports the AP . Durov was detained on Saturday at Le Bourget Airport outside of Paris as part of a judicial inquiry opened...

Arrest of the 'Russian Mark Zuckerberg' Is a Flashpoint
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Aug 26, 2024 8:55 AM CDT

Arrest of Telegram Founder Unprecedented

Pavel Durov remains in custody in France, and the free-speech debate has begun

(Newser) - The co-founder of the popular messaging app Telegram remains in custody in France after his surprise arrest at an airport there over the weekend. Authorities say Pavel Durov, 39, has failed to rein in criminal activity on his site, but the app in a new statement called it "absurd...

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