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submitted 10 months ago by sculd@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

Since this billionaire doesn't want us to learn about what bad things he did, I figured we should let as many people know as possible:

In a move that has press freedom campaigners troubled, Rajat Khare, co-founder of Appin, an India-based tech company, has used a variety of law firms in a number of different jurisdictions to threaten these U.S., British, Swiss, Indian, and French-language media organizations.

On Nov. 16, Reuters published a special investigation under the headline “How an Indian startup hacked the world,” detailing how Appin allegedly became a “hack for hire powerhouse that stole secrets from executives, politicians, military officials and wealthy elites around the globe”

Khare retained the powerhouse “media assassin” firm Clare Locke LLP, which boasts on its website about “killing stories,” to send Reuters several legal threats over the past year about the story

Across the pond, Khare had his name removed from a joint investigation between The Sunday Times and the nonprofit Bureau of Investigative Journalism, titled, “Caught on camera: confessions of the hackers for hire.” Three paragraphs that reported on Khare were removed from both publications following legal threats on his behalf

Lets spread the word!!!

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[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 10 months ago

Someone's about to discover the Streisand Effect

[-] Killer_Tree@beehaw.org 29 points 10 months ago
[-] sqgl@beehaw.org 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I refuse to click on any SubStack stories. That web site profiteers from Nazi content.

[-] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 23 points 10 months ago

Never heard of them. We sure they're not leaking this to build their reputation as top hackers? Surely this leak is an advertising gift to them?

I've been trying to bury stories that are going around that I have the biggest dick in Britain. It's hard work.

[-] PatheticGroundThing@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago

I’ve been trying to bury stories that are going around that I have the biggest dick in Britain. It’s hard work.

I won't let you do this, the people deserve to know!

[-] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Damn you, internet! I wish you was never born!

[-] bermuda@beehaw.org 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Not a lawyer but it's amazing that what looks to be an attorney for Virginia is working so hard to dismantle freedom of the press, a foundation of US law (yes I know it's not part of international laws in other countries but it's still incredibly ironic)

[-] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 14 points 10 months ago

Attorneys they place money over integrity so it's not surprising at all

[-] taanegl@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

Sometimes I turn to religion, especially with the promise that these bastards will end up in hell.

[-] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

💸💸💸

[-] Lophostemon@aussie.zone 18 points 10 months ago

Rajat Khare? The rapist Rajat Khare?!?

[-] taanegl@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

The very same

[-] Rayspekt@kbin.social 15 points 10 months ago

After reading the headline I thought at first: "Which one?"

[-] sqgl@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

ie Click bait (although a worthwhile story).

[-] nix@merv.news 12 points 10 months ago

Is there an archived version of the reuters article?

[-] sculd@beehaw.org 9 points 10 months ago
[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

I don’t know if it was all the annoying animation effects, or the fact they were also in an archive.org frame, but it took 20% battery and thermal throttled my iPhone 13 Pro to read this.

[-] Stillhart@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

I kinda feel like Elon already proved you couldn't do this, even if you bought Twitter!

[-] sculd@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

Thats the thing. They think they work on a different set of rules.

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