Latest News on Whatsapp Ban 2021
Latest News on Whatsapp Ban 2021
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On Thursday, India announced the all-new Information Technology Rules 2021, which include intermediary guidelines and a digital media ethics code. While the new rule will take some time to come into effect, the government has put forward a firm stand to identify a message’s originators. This means that platforms like WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, and others that use end-to-end encryption for messages may have to break it to comply with the government’s new rule.
Prakash Javadekar and Ravi Shankar Prasad (Union Ministers), announcing the new Information Technology Rules 2021, pointed out that a tweet or message has not originated in India. The app must tell the government who in India received it first.
“We have always been clear as a company that we welcome regulations that set guidelines for addressing today’s toughest challenges on the Internet. Facebook is committed to people’s ability to freely and safely express themselves on our platforms. The details of rules like these matter, and we will carefully study the new rules that were just published. We acknowledge and appreciate the Minister’s recognition of the positive contributions of social media to the country.”
“Facebook is an ally for India, and the agenda of user safety and security is a critical one for our platforms. As per Facebook, we will continue to work to ensure that our platforms play an enabling role in fuelling the exciting digital transformation of India,” said a Facebook spokesperson who responded to India Today Tech.
WhatsApp had earlier put down government requests to identify the origin of messages citing it could break end-to-end encryption. Under the new rule, popular social media platforms like WhatsApp, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, among others, will come under the new guidelines laid by the government on Thursday.
“Significant social media intermediaries providing services primarily like messaging should enable identification of the first originator of the information that is required only for the purpose of prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution or punishment of an offense related to the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the State, friendly relations with the foreign countries, or public order or of incitement to an offense in relation with rape, sexually explicit material or child sexual abuse material punishable with imprisonment of five years,” the government said in its new rule announced on Thursday.
The government also notifies that the app or platform doesn’t need to alert the user, who could be the originator of a message. India Today Tech has reached out to WhatsApp to understand if it is possible to share the identification of origin without breaking end-to-end encryption.
It is worth mentioning that Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad while responding to one of the questions during the press conference on Thursday, said that the government’s information would not require these apps to break end-to-end encryption. He said that the government is only asking for the identity of the person who originated the message and not the message itself.
This is not the first time when there is a situation where apps like WhatsApp have been questioned for their stance on unable to trace the origin of messages. Earlier, the government gave a stern warning to such apps to come with a solution and find a way to tackle misinformation which was once a big issue for WhatsApp.
It will be interesting to see what solution platforms like WhatsApp bring to comply with the government directives under the new IT rule announced on Thursday. If things go wrong, we can expect the government to take a tough call to ban a platform if it continues not to follow government directives.
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