Venugopal told the Supreme Court that it was the responsibility of social media companies to share data wherever there was a threat to national security. The case went to the Supreme court after Facebook in August asked the top court to hear all cases concerning privacy and curbs on social media usage, local media reported. But I don't have the key myself," Rohtagi said, referring to Facebook or WhatsApp servers which are located outside of India. The Supreme Court said it will now consolidate all pending cases on the issue from lower courts across the country and hear it beginning the last week of January. But Judge Deepak Gupta asked the government lawyers to explain why the onus of facilitating decryption should be on the social media companies.

Source: Ethiopian News October 22, 2019 13:07 UTC