Plea in SC seeking direction to WhatsApp to roll back its new privacy policy SECTIONS Share Synopsis The plea says the Centre has failed to impose necessary and restrictive conditions in the instant case, while the European Union's (EU) Antitrust Authority imposed serious restrictions on the proposed policy of WhatsApp and a fine of 110 million euros on the instant messaging platform in 2017. Reuters The plea filed by the CAIT has also sought a direction to the Centre to intervene in the matter and frame guidelines to govern large technology-based companies such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Facebook India Online. New Delhi: A PIL filed in the Supreme Court is seeking a rollback of WhatsApp’s new take-it-or-leave-it privacy policy, claiming it violates laws and citizens’ right to privacy and free speech. It has also sought government intervention to frame a policy that would govern the operations of large tech organisations such as Whatsapp and Facebook.