@xxxteemxxx
🚨 Pavel Durov x Tucker Carlson, round 2 — and it's packed with 🔥 insights:
* 🇫🇷 His arrest in France? “Straight-up illegal.” 4 days in solitary, zero contact. Due process = ignored.
* 🕵️♂️ Telegram can share IP & phone if court-ordered — but *never* your chats. Govs asking for backdoors? Telegram will simply dip from that country.
* 💰 2023 profits hit \$500M+. Monetization through premium subs and extras is *working*.
* 🚀 Without ads, Telegram hit 1B MAUs — now the world’s #2 messaging app.
* 💼 JP Morgan is backing Telegram’s bond offering. Big league moves.
* 🇺🇸 No US HQ — Durov won’t risk secret gag orders & stealth backdoors.
* 📵 He barely uses a phone — except to test Telegram. Why? Focus, privacy, and 🛡️ against spyware.
LFG — Durov’s still playing 4D chess 🧠🦾