WhatsApp won't comply with India's order to delete user data (updated)
Found on Engadget on Thursday, 29 September 2016
According to Mashable, however, WhatsApp has no plan to comply with the court order and it will have "no impact on the planned policy and terms of service updates."
The case before the Delhi High Court was brought by two Indian students who alleged the new terms of service will jeopardize the privacy and "severely compromises" the rights of over 100 million active WhatsApp users in their country.
WhatsApp has now issued a statement saying it will follow the court order in India.
Facebook tested the water and failed. In the end, India could have blocked WhatsApp and Facebook, what would drive a lot of users to other services; and thanks to the networking nature, other users would have followed.