Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. India Asks WhatsApp to Explain Privacy Breach Reuters NEW DELHI - India has asked Facebook-owned WhatsApp to explain the nature of a privacy breach on its messaging platform that has affected some users in the country, Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Thursday. A WhatsApp spokesman was quoted by the Indian Express newspaper on Thursday as saying that Indian journalists and human rights activists were targets of surveillance by an Israeli spyware. The company said it was "not an insignificant number" of people, but did not share specifics. References Visible links Hidden links: 1. file://localhost/middle-east/thousands-protest-across-lebanon-over-dire-economy-proposed-whatsapp-fee-withdrawn .