‘Unconstitutional’: Bombay high court strikes down IT rules amendment which allowed Centre to set up fact check unit | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court on Friday struck down the amended Information Technology (IT) Rules, which proposed action against fake content about the government, calling it “unconstitutional”.The decision was delivered by Justice AS Chandurkar, who was appointed as the third judge after a split verdict by a division bench in January 2023.“I am of…

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WhatsApp shutdown threat in India: 4 Reasons government says Whatsapp needs to ‘follow’ IT rules – Times of India

Messaging service platform WhatsApp this week submitted before the Delhi High Court that if it is made or compelled to break encryption of messages, then the platform will stop functioning. The submissions came while the division bench led by the Acting Chief Justice was hearing the petitions moved by WhatsApp and Facebook challenging newly amended…

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