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14 Jan, 5 tweets, 1 min read
The Indian government has filed a petition on WhatsApp messenger to an Indian court.
WhatsApp's updated privacy policy borders on surveillance and threatens India's security, according to a petition filed with an Indian court.
WhatsApp announced on January 4 that it reserves the right to share certain data, including location and phone number, with Facebook and its divisions such as Instagram and Messenger. This sparked outrage, including in India's largest market with 400 million users.
The change also ran into trouble in Turkey, with the Competition Council this week opening an investigation into the messaging service and its parent company. In India, America, and Turkey, many users started installing competing apps like Signal and Telegram, prompting WhatsApp
to launch an expensive ad campaign to reassure customers. A copy of the petition, which Reuters had, reported that Whatsapp poses a threat to national security by transferring, and storing user data in another country, and also information is governed by foreign laws.
WhatsApp has given users a deadline of Feb 8 to agree to the new terms. The messenger said that the update of the policy does not affect the privacy of messages with friends & family, since group chats are encrypted, & the changes concern only interaction with business.

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