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World Service,5 mins

WhatsApp takes legal action against Indian government

Digital Planet

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India has brought in stringent new laws that WhatsApp says will force it to break its end-to-end encryption. In a social media chat that鈥檚 been forwarded by multiple users, the new rules require the person who originated and shared that message, to be traced. And that鈥檚 a big problem for WhatsApp, a service that鈥檚 built itself around privacy. Mishi Choudhary of the Software Freedom Law Centre, explains the regulations and the potential impact beyond India.

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