We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
The company has challenged the IT rules allowing the Centre to ask social media companies to decrypt messages and identify the first originator of information.
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The company has challenged the IT rules allowing the Centre to ask social media companies to decrypt messages and identify the first originator of information.
WhatOn Thursday, WhatsApp told the Delhi High Court that forcing them to break message encryption would mean the end of the platform in India.
Observing that the matter would have to be argued by the parties, a bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan asked if the issue has been considered in any other country.
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