Evan Spiegel, CEO of popular app
Snapchat, in 2015 has sparked a
controversy and threatened to derail
the status of the app in the country.
A former employee of the compnay,
Anthony Pompliano, in a lawsuit has
claimed that Spiegel had said, "This app
is only for rich people," and "I don't
want to expand into poor countries
like India and Spain."
The 'comment' has obviously not gone
down well with social media users and
has sparked on debate on Twitter with
numerous memes springing up and
some of them urging people to
uninstall the app as a mark of protest.
While the call to uninstall the app has
started and some have already got rid
of the app, several other reports have
questioned the authenticity of the
comment as it was not on record.
According to reports, Spiegel and the
company have also denied making the
comment.
Numerous of our Bollywood stars are
also users of the app, posting
interesting photos and videos using
the filters on it.
At the IIFA Award voting weekend
event held in Mumbai on Sunday, the
celebrities were asked about the
controversy. While Sushant Singh
Rajput said he doesn't use the app, Kriti
Sanon and Chunky Pandey were
clueless about the controversy, Vicky
Kaushal said that it was up to the
individual if they wanted to uninstall
the app or not.
However, Alia Bhatt, who is one of the
most prominent users of the app, took
a stand and said, "I don't think he has
said anything like that."
Our Bollywood stars often get
misquoted during some of their
interviews and become part of several
false stories, so perhaps they can
understand Evan Spiegel's situation
well.
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