India's top court questions WhatsApp policy of sharing user data with Meta entities


FILE PHOTO: A teenager poses for a photo while holding a smartphone in front of a Whatsapp logo in this illustration taken September 11, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

NEW DELHI, Feb 3 (Reuters) - ‌India's top court on Tuesday warned it could reimpose a ban on ‌Meta-owned WhatsApp's data sharing with other group entities, saying the messaging app's privacy ‌policy misled users, two lawyers present in court said.

WhatsApp has been locked in a dispute with India's antitrust regulator since November 2024, when it fined the company $25.4 million and barred WhatsApp from sharing user ‍data with other Meta entities for advertising purposes for ‍five years.

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