WhatsApp says it will shut down in India if forced to break end-to-end encryption


by MediaNama

MediaNama— Representing WhatsApp, Advocate Tejas Karia also noted before the Delhi HC that not knowing which messages to decrypt would mean "millions and millions of messages will have to be stored for a number of years.”

Neowin—WhatsApp says it will leave India if forced to break end-to-end encryption. In the ongoing lawsuit against the Union of India, WhatsApp stated that it would leave the Indian market if it is forced to break end-to-end encryption to comply with the IT Rules, 2021.

Scroll.in—We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC. The company has challenged the IT rules allowing the Centre to ask social media companies to decrypt messages and identify the first originator of information.

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