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Govt of India pulls up Wall Street Journal for spreading fake news regarding jailing Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter employees

Nirwa Mehta - 14 March, 2021

The government put on record serious displeasure on the lopsided and fictional reportage by Wall Street Journal on this issue.

News Reports

WhatsApp testing shorter time for automatically disappearing messages: Report

OpIndia Staff - 7 March, 2021

Disappearing messages on WhatsApp stay for seven days. soon the users may select shorter time frame

OpIndia Explains

Don’t fall for propaganda! WhatsApp will not have to breach end-to-end-encryption to follow the new IT guidelines

RS Govind - 1 March, 2021

We're all well aware that the Govt of India has recently notified the new Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021

Opinions

Encryption vs Compliance: The new IT Act guidelines put messaging services like WhatsApp in a tight situation

OpIndia Staff - 27 February, 2021

To comply with the new IT Act guidelines, services like WhatsApp will have to break its famous end-to-end encryption

News Reports

WhatsApp says users not accepting the new privacy policy will start to lose access from May 15: Report

OpIndia Staff - 23 February, 2021

In case users do not comply with Whatsapp's new policies, for a short duration they would be able to receive calls and notification, but they won't be able to read or send messages from the app from May 15 onwards.

News Reports

Toolkit case: Disha Ravi moves Delhi HC, seeks Police does not ‘leak’ content of her chats, communication to media

OpIndia Staff - 18 February, 2021

Disha Ravi has also directed appropriate action against media houses CNN News 18, India Today and Times Now for publishing her damning WhatsApp conversations with Greta Thunberg and others

Government and Policy

Sandes, a Make-in-India alternative to Whatsapp, being tested by government officials: Read the details

OpIndia Staff - 9 February, 2021

Government officials have started using Sandes, a desi alternative to popular messaging application Whatsapp

News Reports

Arnab Goswami to sue Congress, challenges Rahul Gandhi to one-on-one debate

OpIndia Staff - 20 January, 2021

Republic TV chief Arnab Goswami has decided to sue Congress and take strong action against the alleged lies peddled by the grand old party and its senior leaders including Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi.

News Reports