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WhatsApp Username Feature Not Launching in India: Government Sends Notice to Meta

📅 2026-07-02 📍 Maharashtra 🔗 Source

#Government Policy #Technology #WhatsApp #Meta #Digital India

Indian government issues notice to Meta opposing WhatsApp's username feature launch.

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WhatsApp planned to launch a new username feature. But the government said no. Now users can't use it.                

WhatsApp announced a username feature but the Indian government opposed it over data privacy concerns, issuing a notice to Meta.                

The Ministry of Electronics and IT has formally notified Meta to halt WhatsApp's international rollout of the username feature, citing risks to Indian users' data privacy and security protocols.                