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Behind the collapse of Tawasal SuperApp, the vast surveillance requests of Abu Dhabi's security apparatus

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Part 2
Screenshot of Tawasal SuperApp's Facebook account.
Screenshot of Tawasal SuperApp's Facebook account. © tawasalsuperapp

The fall of an UAE super-app, Part 2: Intelligence Online reported yesterday on the management conflicts that led to the downfall of communications app Tawasal, the UAE's once-vaunted answer to WhatsApp. But in addition to differences over the direction of the group, deep divisions existed over demands made by the UAE government, aimed at launching a spying tool that would track Emiratis and their contacts abroad.

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