On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.
According to the new law, Russians could be fined up to 5,000 roubles for searching content deemed 'extreme' by the government including through virtual private networks (VPNs).
The appellate tribunal is hearing a plea by Meta that seeks to quash Competition Commission of India's November directive disallowing WhatsApp from sharing data with other Meta platforms.
Apart from reporting on water stress in India, global media also predicts a digital payments boom in the country, with WhatsApp given free run by National Payments Corporation of India.
No court has held the Israeli tech firm liable for hacking till date. A number of other cases filed against it have been dismissed or dropped by plaintiffs on grounds of personal jurisdiction.
The Competition Commission of India has imposed a five-year restriction on data sharing between WhatsApp and other Meta apps, following an investigation into WhatsApp's privacy policy.
The decision follows a 2021 probe into WhatsApp's privacy policy, highlighting growing regulatory scrutiny on tech giants as India plans stricter digital competition laws.
WhatsApp’s privacy commercials previously struggled to seamlessly incorporate the application’s security features. But this time around, things fell into place for the brand.
Sunetra Sen Narayan and Shalini Narayanan's book The WhatsApp India Story looks at how the app has earned a reputation as a hotbed of misinformation, especially during elections.
WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.
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