HC says no to linking of FB, Twitter, WhatsApp accounts with Aadhaar, PAN
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The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to order linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar, PAN or voter ID card for weeding out fake accounts. The court said such order would lead to data of genuine account holders, who are much more in number, going "unnecessarily" to foreign countries. A Bench constituting Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said such identity document requires framing of policies by govt.