India’s overt and covert chilling of press freedom

The Pegasus spyware scandal triggered more questions than answers about how long the Indian government has been weaponising social media data.

Of the 50,000 mobile phones hit by the Pegasus spyware scandal, it was revealed last year some 1,000 belonged to journalists, civil rights activists and public figures in India. Another 800 or so were from the neighbouring state of Pakistan, according to The Wire.