With militants often known to be in touch with their handlers in terror-hit areas over social media, the Central government is looking at blocking malicious content on WhatsApp and Facebook.
Following the arrest of three Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists who admitted that they used WhatsApp calls to get directions from other side of the border during the terror attack at Nagrota Army Camp in 2016, security agencies raised the issue to remove “malicious content” in a meeting chaired by Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Monday. Officials from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Jammu and Kashmir Police also attended the meeting.
According to officials, the end-to-end encryption by the service provider made the task difficult for the security agencies as they could not crack messages or calls.
