A court battle is pitting Whatsapp against the world's largest democracy.
India is the biggest market for the messaging service.
The government recently passed new rules forcing social media companies to identify the first person to send a message.
Whatsapp argues this goes against privacy rights in the constitution, adding it may have to stop encrypting messages.
So is free speech under threat?
And how much is the debate driven by politics?
Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom
Guests:
Itika Sharma Punit - Quartz India
Catalina Goanta - Maastricht Law and Tech Lab
Karuna Nundy - Advocate to the Supreme Court of India
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India is the biggest market for the messaging service.
The government recently passed new rules forcing social media companies to identify the first person to send a message.
Whatsapp argues this goes against privacy rights in the constitution, adding it may have to stop encrypting messages.
So is free speech under threat?
And how much is the debate driven by politics?
Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom
Guests:
Itika Sharma Punit - Quartz India
Catalina Goanta - Maastricht Law and Tech Lab
Karuna Nundy - Advocate to the Supreme Court of India
- Subscribe to our channel:
- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish
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Francisco Gimeno - BC Analyst There is a real fight in this digital era for control of data. Whoever controls the data controls the world. Whatsupp is a global company which needs to comply with country laws. Indian government speaks about digital colonialism. Politics in the middle. But the issue is data surveillance and control, instead of protection and devolving data to its legitime owners.