India News: After the messaging platform said that forcing it to break message encryption may lead to its exit from India, the Delhi HC has said the right to priv
WhatsApp has threatened to exit if it is forced to break its end-to-end encryption. This statement was made by Advocate Tejas Karia before the Delhi High Court during a hearing challenging Rule 4(2) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
WhatsApp to "exit India" if forced to break encryption IT Rule Act 2021: These days, the whole world is using WhatsApp, including India where there are over 400 million users who are using WhatsApp. Just imagine, what would happen if WhatsApp would shut down its services in India.
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.