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WhatsApp CEO gets India’s wish list
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- Stepping up efforts to clamp down on the spread on “sinister” messages through WhatsApp, the Union government on Tuesday asked the instant messaging platform to implement three measures in India: set up a local corporate entity; appoint a grievance officer in India; and find a solution to trace the origin of a fake message.
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- There should be a proper system through which people can reach out to WhatsApp or complain immediately.
- The officer should be located in India.
- WhatsApp must have proper compliance of Indian laws.
- WhatsApp has been asked to work out a “detailed mechanism to trace the origin of a sinister message.
- WhatsApp, which has been earlier sent notices by the government to check misuse of its platform, had previously expressed its inability to trace the origin of messages citing privacy of consumers.
- Company’s representative was informed that the platform will be liable to be treated as an abettor of rumour propagation in the absence of adequate checks.
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The Hindu