Are you in sync with IT act, HC asks WhatsApp

MUMBAI | BENGALURU: The Madras High Court, which is hearing a case on linking of social media accounts to an individual’s proof of identity, has asked social messaging platform WhatsApp to confirm whether it complies with the Information Technology Act, after the Tamil Nadu government accused it of not cooperating on police probes.

In an order on September 21, Madras High Court judge M Satyanarayanan asked the Facebook-owned entity to respond after the state government said the encrypted messaging platform was bound to comply with the provisions of the IT Act, 2000.