WIRE — India has asked WhatsApp to justify the implementation of a planned feature covering usernames and to freeze the rollout in its biggest market, escalating a crackdown on messaging anonymity that began with Telegram, according to a government letter reviewed by Reuters. Earlier this week, Metas (META.O) WhatsApp said it had begun a phased global rollout, including in The post India tells WhatsApp to halt usernames rollout appeared first on Egyptian Gazette.
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