WhatsApp sues Modi government over new privacy rules

netant

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The game has just began. This scare tactics of modi govt has started to fall. They cant scare corporate and force them to donate to PM cares funds/ backed all the times.

WhatsApp sues Indian government over new privacy rules - sources

WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit in Delhi against the Indian government seeking to block regulations coming into force on Wednesday that experts say would compel Facebook's (FB.O) messaging app to break privacy protections, sources said.
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WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit in Delhi against the Indian government seeking to block regulations coming into force on Wednesday that experts say would compel Facebook’s messaging app to break privacy protections, sources said.
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nRiTeCh

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Even if whatsapp wins, govt. will introduce a new tax slab (usage of social media platform) and loot us anyways... So in short we will be paying for all this!
Enjoying suing susuing..
 

deezcnuts

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Can’t have more than one party spying on its citizens. Government doesn’t like competition. The recent data protection bill does opposite of that, gives more powers to government and law enforcement to spy and snoop on citizens more easily.

I can’t imagine the irony of WhatsApp suing the government to ‘protect’ user privacy.

edit- https://internetfreedom.in/dataprotectiontop10-state-security-and-surveillance/
 
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Lespiritdecorpse

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IMO, I think the timing of this sure coincides with the usual distraction tactics thats been going on since the start of the pandemic. Something giving the Powers-That-Be a bad name or showing it in unflattering light, roll out something to distract the populace.

Do you guys see this going anywhere ?
 

VivekSood

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nRiTeCh said:
Even if whatsapp wins, govt. will introduce a new tax slab (usage of social media platform) and loot us anyways... So in short we will be paying for all this!
Enjoying suing susuing..
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In the end population/tax payers pay for everything.
 
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Lespiritdecorpse

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Shubham1401 said:
So Whatsapp is the 2nd wave Rhea Chakraborty? :dead:
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So the question is

As this drama unfolds, we can expect to see some WhatsApp/ twitter top folks in India be found with 59gms of The Holy Weed ??


/s
 

Tejas01

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Amit Malviya left the discussion..
Arnab Goswami joined the discussion.
 

kartikoli

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Gov want to see everything.... I mean EVERYTHING
 

pratikb

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Anyone of you aware of dominoes hack?
 

Lespiritdecorpse

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pratikb said:
Anyone of you aware of dominoes hack?
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Another day, another breach. Its like every day there is someone getting hacked. They should pretty much just open their databases to the world and be done with it.
 

Docsaab

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Govt will say we want to know who spreads misinformation (as if they don't already know)
Whatsapp will say we care about privacy (like hell they do)
In the end it doesn't even matters cuz aAyeGa to mdi hee
Lol
 

JMP

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Is there anything these guys can't **** up?
The only 2 groups of people who want to add "always" to Murphy's law.
 

asingh

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But are not Google and FB agreeing -- to have those special officers posted which interact with the government for compliance and grievance. It is just as severe.
 

Tejas01

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asingh said:
But are not Google and FB agreeing -- to have those special officers posted which interact with the government for compliance and grievance. It is just as severe.
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Frankly, it would have made more sense if an independent body under the chairmanship of Judicial representative (judges) was setup to look into the issues of grievance redressal rather than the govt. Both the parties can debate it out and the body can pass directives to these social sites.

There is always a possibility of abuse of power by the govt.(twitter)
 

pratikb

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Which world you are living in? It's competitive between these two bodies about who amassed more

I trust modi more than anyone when it comes to corruption
 
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