Facebook has denied a request from India’s IT minister to take steps to trace messages back to their original senders to help stem the spread of misinformation. In recent months, India has seen a surge in lynchings incited by fake information shared on messaging sites, such as Facebook. The WhatsApp-owned platform said that introducing traceability would "undermine" the service’s end-to-end encryption and privacy protections.
WhatsApp has denied a request from India’s IT minister to take steps to trace messages back to their original senders to help stem the spread of misinformation. In recent months, India has seen a surge in lynchings incited by fake information shared on messaging sites, such as WhatsApp. The Facebook-owned platform said that introducing traceability would "undermine" the service’s end-to-end encryption and privacy protections.