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Govt asks WhatsApp to explain snooping

The government on Thursday asked WhatsApp to explain the snooping scandal after the Facebook-owned messaging app confirmed that Indian human rights activists and journalists were among those targeted by the Israeli spyware in a hacking spree. The government also asked WhatsApp what it was doing to safeguard the privacy of millions of Indian citizens.

Taking to Twitter, Ravi Shankar Prasad said the government "is concerned at the breach of privacy of citizens of India on the messaging platform WhatsApp".

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