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The Court said the use of thumbs up emoji was only an acknowledgment of the WhatsApp message and can never be considered to be celebratory of a brutal murder.
The Tripura High Court recently stayed an order asking WhatsApp to reveal the originator of a chat containing a fake resignation letter by Chief Minister Manik Saha.
The bigger concern for India is not that India is taking a leaf from Brazils playbook, but that its dragging the country backward to the China of 2006. Thats when Beijing was powering up The Great Firewall, a project that would prevent outside information from flowing into the nation and allow authorities to control what was shared internally.
For close to 740 million Indian internet subscribers, it is important they understand that neither WhatsApp nor the govt is completely supportive of their right to privacy. We must expect less from WhatsApp than our govt. WhatsApp is a technology business. Our govt, though, has the primary responsibility of protecting our constitutional rights.
WhatsApp has filed a legal case against the Government of India in Delhi High court challenging the new internet rules that require messaging services to trace the origin of messages and people credibly accused of wrongdoing.