WhatsApp has filed a legal complaint in Delhi against the Indian government seeking to block regulations coming into force on Wednesday that experts say would compel the California-based Facebook (FB.O) unit to break privacy protections, sources said.
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Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 25
Even as the deadline for social media platforms to comply with the new government regulations ended on Tuesday midnight, there is little chance of Twitter, Fac
Lawsuit, described to Reuters by people familiar with it, asks Delhi High Court to declare that one of the new rules is a violation of privacy rights in India s constitution since it requires social media companies to identify the