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Fact Check: Will WhatsApp now show three red ticks?
WhatsApp and other social media apps including Facebook and Twitter have been buzzing on the news lately. The Indian government has rolled out new IT rules, which force these social media giants to allow a compliance officer to work with them on the content that people will be posting. With this being the case, many people have been getting fake messages about how the government might even track WhatsApp calls. Is that correct? Letâs find out here.
A new message that has been circulating on WhatsApp reads, âTwo blue ticks, and one red tick means the government can take action against, while three red ticks will mean that the government has started court proceedings against you.â While this message might sound like an official warning, it is a fake message. WhatsApp has not made any official announcement regarding the same anywhere which clearly indicates it is yet another fake WhatsApp forward.
Synopsis
WhatsApp has taken the Government of India to court, saying that India’s new IT rules violate the right to privacy of Indian users and called for the social media intermediary rules to be declared unconstitutional.
Reuters
WhatsApp has consistently opposed calls for dilution of end-to-end encryption on its platform.
The government’s
new rules for social media, which came into effect on Wednesday, mandates instant messaging apps such as WhatsApp to trace the origin of a message, if required by the authorities by law.
The Facebook-owned WhatsApp, which had consistently opposed diluting encryption of its platform,
has taken the government to court, saying that the new rules violate the right to privacy of Indian users, and called for the intermediary rules to be declared unconstitutional.
Fake news alert! Viral message about new red tick on WhatsApp false
The fake message has gone viral at a time of tension between Facebook-owned WhatsApp and the Indian government. WhatsApp has gone to court over the new IT rules that were introduced by the Indian government last year
BusinessToday.In | May 28, 2021 | Updated 16:28 IST
The message notes that a red tick appearing next to the message means that the government can take action against the sender
WhatsApp is infamous for fake news and misinformation circulating on the platform. This time a message containing fake news relating to WhatsApp itself has been found circulating on the messaging app.