WhatsApp lawsuit: Act of defiance… privacy a right but national security also our job, says Centre

Messaging platform WhatsApp’s move to legally challenge the provision of tracking the first originator of a message is an “unfortunate attempt” and “a clear act of defiance of a measure whose intent can certainly not be doubted”, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) said Wednesday.

“WhatsApp’s challenge, at the very last moment, and despite having sufficient time and opportunity available during consultation process and after the rules were enacted, to the Intermediary Guidelines is an unfortunate attempt to prevent the same from coming into effect,” the MeitY said.