Co-creator defends suspected UAE spying app called ToTok

Ziani, whose video and voice calling app is suspected of being a spying tool of the United Arab Emirates, defended his work in an interview with the AP, while denying knowing that people and companies linked to the project had ties to the country's intelligence apparatus. — Photos: AP

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates: If the popular ToTok video and voice calling app is a spying tool of the United Arab Emirates, that’s news to its co-creator.

Giacomo Ziani defended his work in an interview with The Associated Press and said he had no knowledge that people and companies linked to the project had ties to the country's intelligence apparatus, despite a recent report in The New York Times.