A new chapter in the WhatsApp traceability case began on a rather anti-climactic note on January 30 – the Supreme…
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Facebook transfer petition: WhatsApp, Facebook submit list of related cases to SC
In accordance with Supreme Court’s directions in the last hearing, WhatsApp and Facebook have submitted a list of matters similar…
Tamil Nadu govt makes a U-turn on Facebook transfer petition, asks for decryption
UPDATE (October 24 3:25 pm): Article has been updated with details of the court order. (with reporting inputs by Trisha…
Supreme Court transfers all Aadhaar-social media cases to apex court; hears arguments on encryption
The Supreme Court has allowed transfer of the Madras HC petition for Aadhaar and social media linkage to itself, along…
Intermediary Guidelines to be notified by Jan 15, 2020, MeitY tells Supreme Court
Note: MediaNama is hosting a discussion on these issues on the 23rd of October 2019. Apply here to attend. Notification…
UK and US could force WhatsApp to decrypt messages to fight terrorism; Impact on WhatsApp traceability case?
Update (October 3, 2019 3:17 pm): Given new information that this agreement is under CLOUD Act, the updated article can…
TMC MP Mahua Moitra wants to be impleaded in the WhatsApp traceability case
Citing concerns about the citizens’ right to privacy, Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra has filed an impleadment application in the…
Supreme Court to MeitY: What’s the status of intermediary guidelines? Tell us by Oct 15
Note: MediaNama is hosting a #NAMA Bootcamp on Encryption in Delhi on October 4, 2019. You can apply to attend this…
‘Don’t transfer the WhatsApp traceability case,’ Internet Freedom Foundation asks Supreme Court
You are reading it here first: In its counter affidavit to the Supreme Court filed today, Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF),…
WhatsApp traceability case petitioner asks court to remove Aadhaar from the plea, consider only ‘authorised govt proofs’
On September 19, Antony Clement Rubin, the animal activist whose petition in Madras High Court started the WhatsApp traceability case,…
Chennai-based KPost says traceability is possible, wants to be impleaded in WhatsApp case
Claiming that tracing the origin of message is technically possible, Chennai-based KPost Software wants to be impleaded in the ongoing WhatsApp traceability case in…
Why Maj. Gen. Vombatkere has challenged Aadhaar Amendment Act in the Supreme Court; On WhatsApp and Traceability
“There is no need for an Aadhaar card whatsoever. This is a solution in search of a problem. And it…
Facebook, WhatsApp file petitions in SC challenging Madras HC orders, next hearing on transfer petition on September 24
Kapil Sibal informed the packed, sweltering court that Facebook had filed a special leave petition (diary no. 32478/2019) challenging the…
‘Dismiss Facebook transfer petition, let Madras HC pass a judgement,’ Tamil Nadu to Supreme Court in submission
You are reading it here first: Seeking to get the Facebook transfer petition dismissed, Vijay Narayan, the Advocate General of…
MeitY asks UIDAI opinion on Aadhaar-social media linkage: ‘We want to know what’s legally possible’
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has sought UIDAI’s opinion on linking social media accounts to the 12-digit…