Sharma, who has been in the news recently for his strong criticism of Facebook and WhatsApp over their handling and control over the financial data of their users in India through their fintech plays. However, now his own company finds itself facing precisely the same accusations, besides loud criticism from its users following the sting.
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Being a registered company in India, they have no choice but to share information when national security is at stake or they will be in prison. That said, it is never the same when they are willing to sell the very integrity of the nation and well-being of the people, especially in a very diverse country like India. They simply do not care about anything as long as they are given more money so that they can buy more power.
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In the 13 minutes long video (link), Sharma’s sibling Ajay Shekhar Sharma and Sudhanshu Gupta ( both senior VP’s at Paytm) were seemingly ready to push the ‘Hindutva agenda’ for a deal involving large budget from the sting operator. Surprisingly, Ajay is also seen and heard acknowledging an instance of data sharing on request of Prime Minister Office (PMO) during the video.
I have myself unlinked all my accounts/debit cards etc from paytm and deleted the app. All this simply gives me more reasons to believe in the true revolutionary Satoshi's vision.