>>> FRENCH AUTHORITIES ARE ACCUSING HIM OF ALLOWING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ON HIS POPULAR ENCRYPTED APP. HE IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES AND HE MUST REMAIN IN FRANCE DURING THE INVESTIGATION. HAS HOLLY WILLIAMS REPORTS, THE CASE AGAINST THE TECH CEO IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER. >> THIS CASE IS EXTREMELY UNUSUAL. A TECH MULTIMILLIONAIRE, THAT IS PAVEL DUROV, THE FOUNDER OF THE TELEGRAM MESSAGING APP , WHO HAD BEEN INDICTED BECAUSE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ON HIS PLATFORM. FRENCH PROSECUTORS ACCUSE DUROV OF BEING COMPLICIT IN THE DISSEMINATION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AS WELL AS DRUG TRAFFICKING AND FRAUD. TO BE CLEAR, THEY ARE NOT SAYING DUROV WAS INVOLVED IN THE CRIMES BUT THE TELEGRAM APP ENABLES USERS TO ENCRYPT THEIR MESSAGES, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR AUTHORITIES TO MONITOR HIM. AUTHORITIES SAY DUROV HAD NOT COOPERATED. HE WAS OBTAINED ON SATURDAY AND HIS NOW BEING RELEASED ON BAIL OF $6 MILLION. HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE FRANCE AND HAS TO REPORT TO THE POLICE TWICE A WEEK. IN A STATEMENT TO FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON, HE SAID THAT FRANCIS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION BUT HE ALSO SAID THAT THIS IS A DIRECT QUOTE, IN A STATE GOVERNED BY THE RULE OF LAW, FREEDOMS ARE UPHELD WITHIN A LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO PROTECT CITIZENS. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, THE DEBATE ABOUT FREE SPEECH AND THE INTERNET. GOVERNMENTS AND DEMOCRACIES ARE WRESTLING WITH PROTECTING FREE SPEECH BUT ALSO PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. TELEGRAM HAS BEEN USED BY PRO- DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS IN PLACES LIKE RUSSIA, IRAN AND HONG KONG. THE COMPANY SAYS IT HAS NEARLY 1 BILLION USERS WORLDWIDE BUT WE ALSO KNOW THE APP HAS BEEN USED BY TERRORISTS AND ORGANIZED CRIME. DUROV'S LAWYER SAID, QUOTE, IT IS ABSURD TO THINK THAT THE HEAD OF A SOCIAL NETWORK COULD BE INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL ACTS THAT DON'