FT News Briefing

Telegram CEO arrest reignites free speech debate

French authorities detain Telegram’s chief executive as part of a content moderation investigation, which has reignited the debate about free speech online. Plus, oil prices reached a two-week high as Libya says it is shutting down oil production, and Grenada triggers a first-of-its-kind ‘hurricane clause’ to pause its debt repayments. Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/4dC8xCJ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oil hits 2-week high after Libya says it will shut down crude exports </a><a href="https://on.ft.com/4fTQKJ7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grenada triggers ‘hurricane clause’ to suspend bond payments</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/4dC8xTf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Telegram says detained founder Pavel Durov has ‘nothing to hide’</a>  The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/3367ae2c-4529-4f95-acdc-b0a6a5aaf67b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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