Govt mulls third notice to Whatsapp on tracing origin of fake messages

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With WhatsApp giving no assurance to the government regarding tracing of the origin of fake messages, the Centre is likely to issue another notice to the Facebook-owned company next week.
 
This will be the third notice to the messaging platform regarding the contentious issue of fake messages. People in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology with knowledge of the matter said the intent is to keep WhatsApp engaged while asserting its demand that a solution be provided. “We are asking WhatsApp to do it (provide the solution) as it will become mandatory once guidelines regarding cybersecurity are put