Although Evan Spiegel, the CEO of Snapchat, has denied saying that he didn’t want to expand into “poor countries like India and Spain”, his app was the talking point on social media for all the wrong reasons. Pompliano, who was fired by Snapchat, claimed that Spiegel told him this during a meeting in 2015. However, the response from Snap.inc (the parent company of short video-clips-based social media platform) was, “This is ridiculous. #boycottsnapchat.”“#boycottsnapchat Calling India poor was fine, but by calling Spain poor Snapchat CEO has ruined honeymoon plans of many Indians,” tweeted @Celesstrikes. An online petition, addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and cyber cell of India has been started on change.org, asking for a ban on the app in India.

Source: Hindustan Times April 16, 2017 11:03 UTC