Indian Government Asserts Widespread Digital Surveillance Powers After WhatsApp Hack
The Indian government has asserted sweeping powers to “intercept, monitor, or decrypt” any information that is “generated, transmitted, received, or stored” on any computer network in the country, per TechCrunch, and for purposes as vague as national security or safeguarding “public order.” TechCrunch reported that Minister of State for Home Affairs G. Kishan Reddy claimed…
