WhatsApp happened to the Indian government of the country's new privacy rules it says that the new rules challenge the right to privacy India's new social media guidelines require companies to trace the first originator of messages if asked by the authorities now the government has said that such request would be made only in relation to Serious crimes but the company thinks that this would be and of user privacy but with the platform keeping a track of every message in the lawsuit WhatsApp asked the Delhi High High Court to declare that one of the new rules is a violation of privacy rights in India's Constitution the government has now responded to WhatsApp saying that it respects the right of privacy and has no intention to violate it when WhatsApp is required to disclose the origin of a particular message the government also mentioned that while it recognizes the right to privacy as a fundamental right no fundamental right is absolute and is subject to reasonable restrictions Indians new social media
lines of come into effect from 26th of me so what are these new rules and why have they led to the standoff between the government and big Tech the new rules issued by the Indian government are called the intermediary guidelines and digital media ethics code firstly the rules would oblige big Tech to reveal the originator of a message or post when legally ordered secondly to remove any content within 36 hours of receiving a legal order and thirdly companies would be required to assisting probes or other side our security related incidents within 72 hours of such requests
the next social media platforms are required to disable within 24 hours any post depicting an individual in a sexual act and lastly big Tech would be required to setup grievance redressal mechanism and a point Executives to coordinate with law enforcement agencies but India is not the only country one thing access to encrypted messages Japan UK US Canada Australia New Zealand have also asked Facebook for access to encrypted messages
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