#BoycottSnapchat: Twitter rages after CEO's 'India is too poor' comment
April 16, 2017  12:31
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Evan Spiegal, the chief executive officer of Snap Inc., the parent company of ephemeral social media platform Snapchat, has found himself in the eye of a storm and at the receiving end of Indian Twitterati's ire after reportedly saying Snapchat was not for 'poor countries like India'.

The 26-year-old Spiegal's unverified comments were published this week in a Variety report about a lawsuit that an ex-employee filed against Snapchat in the United States.

Anthony Pompliano, the former Snapchat employee, claims in his lawsuit that Spiegal once said, "This app is only for rich people...I don't want to expand into poor countries like India and Spain."

Indians took to Twitter to slam, ridicule and troll Spiegal, causing #snapchat, #boycottsnapchat and #uninstallsnapchat to trend on the social media platform on Saturday.

On Sunday, Snapchat appeared to have responded to the claim. The company has been quoted as saying, "This is ridiculous. Obviously Snapchat is for everyone! It's available worldwide to download for free."
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