Privacy Row Rewind: In 2019, SC Suggested Regime To Find Originators Of Messages, Citing Cases Of Violence, Drugs Â
by IANS - May 27, 2021 04:35 AM
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The Facebook-owned instant messenger, WhatsApp in the Delhi High Court has challenged the new IT rule over traceability of messages and termed it unconstitutional, as it breaches basic privacy of citizens. However in September 2019, the Supreme Court had said it was imperative that there is a regime to find out originators of messages, and it may be necessary to get such information from the intermediaries.
The Facebook-owned instant messenger, WhatsApp in the Delhi High Court has challenged the new IT rule over traceability of messages and termed it unconstitutional, as it breaches basic privacy of citizens. However in September 2019, the Supreme .
With WhatsApp suing the Indian government over the new IT rules for social media platforms, Twitter on Thursday requested the IT Ministry to consider a minimum of three-month extension in order for the company to implement the new intermediary .
Mitali Mukherjee in conversation with Nikhil Pahwa of MediaNama and Apar Gupta of the Internet Freedom Foundation on why the new IT rules are detrimental to the rights and privacy of individual citizens.
WhatsApp row: In 2019, SC suggested regime to find originators of messages
In the Delhi High Court, WhatsApp has challenged the new IT law on message traceability, calling it illegal because it violates citizens essential privacy
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The Facebook-owned instant messenger, WhatsApp in the Delhi High Court has challenged the new IT rule over the traceability of messages and termed it unconstitutional, as it breaches the basic privacy of citizens.
However, in September 2019, the Supreme Court had said it was imperative that there is a regime to find out originators of messages, and it may be necessary to get such information from the intermediaries.