10/26/2023 0 Comments Public watch dog![]() ![]() ![]() The government had argued that revealing details could imperil national security and has so far avoided answering whether it acquired Pegasus for spying. Over 300 mobile numbers of journalists, human rights activists and others were the targetted in India. The Supreme Court has set the ball rolling for an independent probe into the alleged snooping using Israeli firm NSO’s spyware Pegasus observing that it can have a chilling effect on media freedom leading to self-censorship. The Court found the government’s denial “vague” and observed that the State cannot get a free pass every time national security is raised, adding that “in the task of upholding fundamental rights, the state cannot be an adversary”.
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