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A Startup Allegedly ‘Hacked the World.’ Then Came the Censorship—and Now the Backlash

Feb 6, 2024
A startup accused of cyber mercenary activities in India faces legal threats and a growing backlash. Anti-censorship voices unite to expose the company's hacking past. The Electronic Frontier Foundation responds to legal threats, hoping to create a Streisand effect. The legal battle between the company and Reuters escalates, leading to censorship. The company's censorship attempts now backfire and result in a backlash.
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  • A loose coalition of anti-censorship voices is working to expose the legal threats and censorship attempts made by App & Technology and its subsidiaries in an effort to make reports of their hacker-for-hire past disappear.
  • Resistance and attention to App & Technology's censorship attempts are growing, with media organizations and activists leveraging the Streisand effect to challenge and highlight the legal threats, potentially causing reputational harm to the company.

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Alleged hacking startup faces censorship and backlash

A startup called App & Technology and its subsidiaries have allegedly engaged in cyber-mercenary activities. To keep their actions hidden, they launched aggressive censorship campaigns using lawsuits and legal threats to silence publishers reporting on their hacking past. Reuters complied temporarily with a court order to remove an article that detailed App & Technology's alleged illegal activities but is now fighting the order. However, resistance is building against the censorship efforts, with organizations like the Digital Rights Group and Electronic Frontier Foundation pushing back. Efforts like the Greenhouse Project aim to expose the censorship attempts and bring attention to App & Technology's past.

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