Privacy Row Rewind: In 2019, SC Suggested Regime To Find Originators Of Messages, Citing Cases Of Violence, Drugs  by IANS - May 27, 2021 04:35 AM A phone displaying a WhatsApp logo over another deviceâs Facebook logo. (representative image) (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) 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.