Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been arrested in France, and the French government has filed 12 charges against him. However, Shaun Maguire, a partner at Sequoia Capital, believes that Durov should be seen as a hero because his original intention in creating Telegram was to resist authoritarian governments, allowing citizens to communicate across borders and regimes, and he has played an important role in many pro-democracy protests over the past decade. Maguire calls for attention to this matter, stating that it concerns the future of Western liberal values and hopes that French President Emmanuel Macron can intervene.