Shaun Maguire, a partner at Sequoia Capital, posted on the X platform that Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, was arrested in France on August 25. Although there are some controversies on the Telegram platform, Durov should be regarded as a hero rather than a villain. He pointed out that Durov's original intention of creating Telegram was to resist authoritarian governments and enable citizens to communicate across borders and regimes. Maguire also mentioned that Telegram has played an important role in many pro-democracy protests over the past decade. The French government has filed 12 charges against Durov, but Maguire believes that these charges could target any social media platform. He called attention to the matter, arguing that it was about the future of Western liberal values, and hoped that French President Emmanuel Macron would step in.