India orders WhatsApp to halt username feature over anonymity concerns
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Relevance
9/25
Freshness
24/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
3/15
Depth
6/15
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India has asked WhatsApp to justify the implementation of a planned feature covering usernames and to freeze the roll-out in its biggest market, escalating a crackdown on messaging anonymity that began with Telegram, according to a government letter. The move comes as authorities in India grapple with a spike in cybercrime, with scammers exploiting low digital safety awareness among millions of in
