WhatsApp sued the Indian government over updated privacy rules

Just recently, WhatsApp stated that it will not restrict the account functionalities of Indian users who have not yet accepted the new privacy policy. However, this is not a new issue, as the company has been criticized in many countries for its controversial policies.

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In recent developments, the Indian media reported that the Facebook-owned company recently filed a lawsuit in the Delhi High Court and accused the central government for an attempt to stop the implementation of the regulations which came into effect on 26 May 2021.

Instead, the litigation requires the Delhi HC to rule that one of the provisions of the new rules violates the privacy rights of the Indian Constitution. However, the new bill is said to require a social media platform to identify the “first originator of information” when authorities demand it.

Although the regulation only requires WhatsApp to publicly and reliably accuse people of their misconduct, the company said that since the messages are encrypted end-to-end, it can’t actually do this alone. In addition, to comply with the new law, encryption must be broken for the recipient and initiator of the message.

When asked to comment on the WhatsApp lawsuit said in a statement – “Requiring messaging apps to ‘trace’ chats is the equivalent of asking us to keep a fingerprint of every single message sent on WhatsApp, which would break end-to-end encryption and fundamentally undermines people’s right to privacy.”

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