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Government’s proposal on Whatsapp
Why is it in news?
- Recent Indian government’s proposal make it mandatory for online platforms to trace the origin of unlawful messages is ‘overbroad’.
- It will thus require WhatsApp to re-architect the product into one without privacy.
More in news
- Privacy issue:(1)The government and WhatsApp have been at loggerheads over the issue of tracing the origin of fake messages.(1) The Facebook-owned instant messaging platform has said on multiple occasions that it would not comply with the government’s demand as it would undermine the privacy of WhatsApp users.(2) The government, on the other hand, said that it did not want WhatsApp to decrypt and read messages, but insisted that it should be able to trace the origin of messages that lead to serious crimes.
- User data: WhatsApp has 1.5 billion monthly active users, bans about 2 million accounts every month.
Source
The Hindu