Pegasus was not just a cyberweapon but a diplomatic tool

Senior journalist and author Paranjoy Guha Thakurta talks to Peoples Dispatch about how the Israeli state deployed the Pegasus spyware to advance the country's diplomatic interests, the involvement of US with this spyware, what journalists and activists can do in the face of such brazen attacks on their rights, and more. Thakurta is among the people in India whose name appeared in the list of those targeted by Pegasus.

 

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Pegasus Deposition

Link of the recording of the 70-minute deposition on 14 February 2022 by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta to the Supreme Court-appointed committee headed by Justice (retired) R V Raveendran on allegations of misuse of the Israeli Pegasus spyware on Indian citizens: https://pegasus-india-investigation.in/depositions/paranjoy-guha-thakurta-statement/