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The Central government on Wednesday defended the legality of the new Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, in its counter affidavit filed in reply to a challenge to the constitutional validity of the new IT Rules.

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WhatsApp on Friday informed the Delhi High Court that it has decided not to enforce the new privacy policy till the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 comes into effect. WhatsApp also said it won't enforce new privacy policy till data protection bill comes into force.

The transfer petition has been filed in Supreme Court by the Centre in the wake of pending matters before various High Courts across the Country challenging its new IT Rules.

Twitter India's head approached Karnataka High Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with the tweets about the assault of an elderly man Abdul Samad who was thrashed and forced to chant "Jai Sri Ram" and "Vande Mataram".

Advocate Sajan Povayya for Twitter said: “The rules were not complied when the petition was filed but now we have complied.

With social media giant WhatsApp legally challenging the new IT rules, which mandates message tracing, the stage is set for an unseemly battle which could affect its huge base of subscribers.

The court has now tagged matter with other petitions with similar prayers and listed them for hearing on April 16.