An Indian venture capitalist is mounting an international legal campaign to pressure major media outlets to remove his name from articles or take down the stories altogether, Confider has learned.
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.
Appin co-founder Rajat Khare has used a variety of law firms in a number of different jurisdictions to threaten media organizations reporting on his startup.
That includes Reuters, which recently reported that Appin is a hack-for-hire powerhouse that stole secrets from the world's elite. Reuters said it stands by the reporting, but pulled the story down citing an Indian court order.
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