WhatsApp says many requests from cops invalid and deficient

BENGALURU: WhatsApp has countered Tamil Nadu government’s contention that it was not cooperating with law enforcement agencies, saying many requests made by the southern state were invalid or lacking in critical information.

The Facebook-owned messaging platform said in an affidavit to the Supreme Court that the state government had wrongly portrayed its efforts to cooperate with law enforcement requests, and that it disagreed with allegations that it had failed to comply.