WhatsApp Sues Indian Government Over New Media Rules

The Indian Government'south new It Rules go into effect starting today, and major tech companies including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp are however to accept the new rules — something that led to people wondering if the services might be banned in Republic of india soon.

While reports now suggest that Facebook and Twitter will exist accepting the new rules, WhatsApp has apparently sued the Indian Authorities for the same. Co-ordinate to a report from Reuters, the Facebook-owned messaging behemothic has filed a complaint with the Delhi High Court. WhatsApp says that one of the new media rules will violate user privacy on its platform.

The dominion in question here is the one that requires social media companies to identify the kickoff originator of information if demanded by the regime. That'southward an outcome considering the only style WhatsApp tin can effectively abide by this rule is by breaking the finish-to-stop encryption baked into its service for all of its users.

In a statement given to BGR Bharat, a WhatsApp spokesperson was quoted as saying "requiring messaging apps to "trace" chats is the equivalent of asking usa to keep a fingerprint of every unmarried message sent on WhatsApp, which would break finish-to-terminate encryption and fundamentally undermines people's right to privacy." Further, the spokesperson added, "We accept consistently joined civil club and experts effectually the earth in opposing requirements that would violate the privacy of our users."

At that place'south currently no confirmation of the complaint being filed by WhatsApp in the Delhi High Court, other than the unidentified sources that spoke with Reuters. However, the Indian government has been on a warpath against social media platforms and recently raided Twitter's offices in Bharat. So, it seems likely that WhatsApp will drag the Indian Government to court, and contest the new media rules. Information technology remains to exist seen when the court reviews the case, besides as the upshot since it could have massive repercussions on Republic of india's net services and user privacy online.