Tucker Carlson Ep. 94 The social media app Telegram has over 900 million users around the world.

The social media app Telegram has over 900 million users around the world. Its founder Pavel Durov sat down with us at his offices in Dubai for his first on-camera interview in almost a decade.

In 2013, Pavel Durov noticed a problem: it was too easy for government agencies to spy on their citizens.

That’s why he created the Telegram app. Unlike other text platforms, messages sent on Telegram stay encrypted even when they reach the company’s servers.

It should come as no surprise that permanent Washington hated Durov’s idea, and he says that the FBI even tried to bribe him into reversing course. But he didn’t.

Pavel Durov recently sat down with Tucker for his first interview since 2016 to share that story and more.

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