NO TRACKING, SAYS WHATSAPP

IN A RECENT DEVELOPMENT, FACEBOOK-OWNED WHATSAPP TOLD THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT IT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION FOR TRACKING THE ORIGIN OF MESSAGES SHARED ON THE PLATFORM AS THE MOVE WOULD GO AGAINST THE CONCEPT OF USER PRIVACY AND END-TO-END ENCRYPTION. IT HAS, HOWEVER, SHARED ‘LEARNING MATERIAL’ WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO CREATE AWARENESS AROUND MISUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND FAKE NEWS. WHATSAPP HAS ALSO BEEN ASKED TO SET UP A LOCAL CORPORATE BODY THAT WILL BE SUBJECT TO INDIAN LAWS.