New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a strong warning to global technology company Meta Platforms and its messaging service WhatsApp, saying they cannot be allowed to share user data for advertising purposes under WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policy.

A bench led by Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant, along with Justice Joymalya Bagchi, told Meta that any continued sharing of WhatsApp user data for advertising would not be tolerated. The court directed Meta to file an affidavit giving a clear undertaking that it would not share WhatsApp user data for advertising purposes, warning that failure to do so could result in its case being dismissed.

"We will not allow you to share a single word of user data. These things m...