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WhatsApp has warned the Delhi High Court that it may withdraw from India if compelled to compromise message encryption, citing the platform’s essential role in protecting user privacy. The messaging giant, with over 400 million users in India, emphasizes that its popularity in the country is largely due to its robust privacy features.
WhatsApp has warned the Delhi High Court that it might stop operating in India if it’s forced to weaken message encryption, which protects user privacy. With over 400 million users in India, WhatsApp says people like it because it keeps their messages private.
During a court case about new rules that require tracing chats and finding who sent messages, WhatsApp’s lawyer said these rules could break people’s rights under the Indian Constitution. He also said that no other country, not even Brazil, has such strict rules.
WhatsApp’s lawyer explained that it would be very hard to follow these rules because it would mean storing and unlocking millions of messages for a long time.
Also, Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of WhatsApp’s parent company Meta, said last year that India is a leader in messaging technology, showing how important India is for messaging apps.
