Online Apps Face New Guidelines For Sharing Information

Government released new guidelines for social media on February 25th. The guidelines allow more control over social media apps and include a claim that apps must answer to the government’s request to take down certain posts and messages, as well as finding identities behind messages on apps like WhatsApp. The new guidelines are meant to protect user privacy online, but many social media users are opposed to the new rules and see them as the government’s way of monitoring people’s online presence. WhatsApp is very popular in India and is used by around 530 million people locally. Other than that, other online platforms may be affected by these new guidelines.

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