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How India could break WhatsApp encryption

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How India could break WhatsApp encryption

From Delhi to Australia, threats to online political speech are growing

Casey Newton
Mar 9, 2021
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How India could break WhatsApp encryption

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Last month, I wrote about how platforms facing speech crackdowns around the world have to pick their battles. Today, I want to look at two places where they have decided to engage — in India, where the threats against both encrypted messaging and platform executives are mounting; and in Australia, where a proposal to let an “e…

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