<h5>Oh no! WhatsApp is leaving India?</h5><p>Don’t worry! WhatsApp is still working in India.</p><p>But WhatsApp informed the Delhi High Court (HC) during a hearing that it would stop operating in India if forced to break its end-to-end messaging encryption.</p><h5>WhatsApp opposes government rule!</h5><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/whats-app-plans-to-leave-india%2FWhatsApp_chatting.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=f882c4e4-0320-4ff0-877b-31dd8dd341e4"><figcaption>A person chatting on WhatsApp. Photo by Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0</figcaption></figure><p>The company opposes a rule in India that demands social media companies to reveal the first originator of a message if asked by the authorities.</p><p>The first originator is the one who first creates a message and sends it using platforms like WhatsApp. To reveal this person, WhatsApp has to break its encryption feature.</p><h5>What is end-to-end encryption?</h5><p>Imagine you and your friend play for a cricket team and want to discuss some plans privately. &nbsp;So, you write them down, lock them in a box with a special key, and send them to your friend. Only your friend can unlock the box and read your message.</p><p>No one else can read what you have written. This is how end-to-end encryption works.&nbsp;</p><p>Only you and your friend (or the person you are chatting with) can see the messages when you chat on WhatsApp. Not even the government can read them.</p><p>WhatsApp says this feature protects people’s privacy and is essential as everyone should be able to discuss things privately.</p><p>The government says they will only need the information to track people who have done bad things. For example, if someone starts a riot using WhatsApp, the government can track the person and punish them.&nbsp;</p><p>But, more discussions are needed to find a solution.</p>

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