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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicPavel Durov

Topic: Pavel Durov

Why social media content moderation is so difficult

Content moderation is a neglected backstop for businesses designed to draw in big audiences, and extract the strongest possible reactions from them in the process.

Telegram crackdown is a boon for India. The app was a haven for terrorists

Pavel Durov made millions playing hide and seek with data regulation. His arrest highlights a new global vulnerability.

Telegram’s Durov granted bail, now under formal investigation in probe against organised crime on app

French authorities have barred the Russian-born founder from leaving the country as they investigate cases of money laundering, child pornography, drug trafficking, and more.

Telegram CEO arrest set the stage for a law vs tech battle. It will shape norms worldwide

Across the world, though, organised crime cartels are continuing to use free, easily available tech tools, and the patience of some governments is starting to run out.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.