Bid to cement authoritarian regime: CPM

NEW DELHI: CPM on Thursday said the Pegasus spyware scandal is not just a case of violation of privacy and illegal, but is a part of the “larger authoritarian architecture” to “consolidate the authoritarian Hindu regime”, “intimidate” and even “blackmail” functionaries of constitutional bodies.
In a People’s Democracy editorial on Thursday, CPM said the lesson to be learnt was “any means can be adopted” to establish and consolidate the authoritarian Hindutva regime.
“Like the UAPA, the hacking of computers of the Bhima-Koregaon case accused to plant malware as evidence, use of ED and other central agencies to intimidate and incarcerate, Pegasus is a cyber weapon against potential opponents and threats,” it said. CPM alleged the spyware is designed to “protect those in power, to destabilise the opposition and monitor the investigative voices in media”.