Good News Government likely to force social-media companies to identify originator of the messages

[iDJ]

New Delhi is inching closer to recommending regulations that would require social media companies and instant messaging app providers to help law enforcement agencies identify users who have posted content — or sent messages — it deems questionable, two people familiar with the matter told TechCrunch.

India will submit the suggested change to the local intermediary liability rules to the nation’s apex court later this month. The suggested change, the conditions of which may be altered before it is finalized, currently says that law enforcement agencies will have to produce a court order before exercising such requests, sources who have been briefed on the matter said.

India likely to force Facebook, WhatsApp to identify the originator of messages – TechCrunch

 

[Billabong]

Whatsapp will not comply. These are offshore companies, if they do that it will in turn open back channels for the US and other countries to do the same which in turn will result in their ideals falling apart. So, most likely they will show the middle finger which they did once before when they initiated the 128bit aes encryption system.