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US apex court seeks President Joe Biden's views over Pegasus dispute

The justices are considering NSO's appeal of a lower court's decision allowing the lawsuit to move forward

US President Joe Biden at Quad summit in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo: Reuters)
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US President Joe Biden (Photo: Reuters)

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked President Joe Biden's administration to weigh in on whether the justices should hear a case on whether Meta Platforms Inc's WhatsApp can pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the messaging app to install spy software.

The justices are considering NSO's appeal of a lower court's decision allowing the lawsuit to move forward.

NSO has argued that it is immune from being sued because it was acting as an agent for unidentified foreign governments when it installed the "Pegasus" spyware.

WhatsApp has said the software was used for the

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