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Re:Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors by calcifer on Sunday October 12, 2025 @11:55AM (#45559143)
> This whole rhetoric of the journalist being an "adversary" that is "outing" things is extremely problematic. You should be able to retract statements.

It's quite the opposite, actually. As Katherine Graham, the former publisher of the Washington Post, used to say: News is what someone wants suppressed. Everything else is just advertising.

TechCrunch is not obligated to let NSO's mouthpiece advertise on their pages.

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Re:Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors by porridgeraisin on Sunday October 12, 2025 @01:36PM (#45560082)
> It's quite the opposite actually

Why are you simply repeating what GP said followed by a call to authority (a biased one at that)?

I explained why it is problematic in the 2nd part of my post.

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