WhatsApp told Delhi High Court last week that it will be forced to leave India if required to maintain “traceability” for messages as part of 2021's IT rules
why WhatsApp is threatening to shutdown in India Ajay Rag / The Economic Times : ETtech Explainer: WhatsApp's standoff with Centre over end-to-end encryption X: Supriya Shrinate / @SupriyaShrinate : [Translated by Google] The students of Galgotia University who came to protest at the Congress office today did not even know why they had come and whom were they protesting against? Some small time BJP leader must have brought them here. But I feel pity for these children, the future of India does not know the difference between WhatsApp lies and truth Bill Gurley / @bgurley : whoa. that's huge. Tom Lee / @tjl : In addition to the surveillance motivation, the underlying governmental outlook has a greater than typical appetite for protectionism/nurturing national champions. Good chance they won't blink on this Russell Brandom / @russellbrandom : “There is no way to predict which message a government would want to investigate in the future.” https://restofworld.org/... @restofworld : As the Indian government expands its powers over online speech, the threat of a full-scale WhatsApp ban is closer than it's been in years New from @russellbrandom https://restofworld.org/...