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...Additional reporting by Stephanie Stacey and George Steer in London...
...Prasad described the rules as “soft touch oversight” and called on companies to “self-regulate”....
...Apple manufacturers Foxconn, Wistron and Pegatron are among 22 companies that have applied to the scheme, said technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in August....
...In a letter to Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday, technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad wrote that, in the run-up to the 2019 general elections, there was a “concerted effort” by Facebook to delete...
...Instead, India’s IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad turned the spotlight on WhatsApp, saying the government was “concerned at the breach of privacy” and ordering the company to “explain” what happened....
...“We have asked WhatsApp to explain the kind of breach and what it is doing to safeguard the privacy of millions of Indian citizens,” tweeted Ravi Shankar Prasad, India’s electronics and information technology...
...Ravi Shankar Prasad, India’s information technology minister, in response claimed it was Mr Gandhi who was guilty of collusion....
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