WhatsApp India Controversy: WhatsApp may stop providing service in India. The instant messaging platform told the Delhi High Court that it would leave India if it was forced to break its message encryption. WhatsApp and Facebook, the two big platforms of Meta, had filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the newly amended IT rules. , which was transferred by the Supreme Court to Delhi HC last month. The company said in the court that user privacy may be in danger due to the new rules. The case is being heard by the bench of Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Manmohan Singh and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora.
Delhi High Court said- find a middle path
Advocate Tejas Karia was presenting arguments on behalf of WhatsApp and Kirtiman Singh on behalf of the government. After some debate between the two parties, the High Court asked to find a middle path. The next hearing of the case will be on August 14.
3 big things of WhatsApp's lawyer in court
IT Rules 2021 weaken users' privacy with encryption. It also violates fundamental rights under Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Indian Constitution. There are no such rules anywhere else in the world, not even in Brazil. This rule is against the privacy of the users and this rule has been introduced without any consultation. We have to maintain the entire chain and don't know what message the government will ask for. This means that millions of messages will have to be stored for years.
What is end-to-end encryption?
End-to-end encryption is a communication system in which no one is involved except the sender and recipient of the message. Even the company cannot see the messages of the users in end-to-end encryption.
