Sparking a debate in India, Meta-owned popular messaging platform WhatsApp has said it will exit the domestic market if asked to break message encryption.The government had said earlier that if there is no way to find the originator of messages .
The company has challenged the IT rules allowing the Centre to ask social media companies to decrypt messages and identify the first originator of information.
WhatsApp's big statement in the Delhi High Court that breaking message encryption would be the end of the platform in India has sparked a debate on the balance between right to privacy and the government's need to ensure national security.
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NEW DELHI Sparking a debate in India, Meta-owned popular messaging platform WhatsApp has said it will exit the domestic market if asked to break message