WhatsApp ‘submits’ response to Centre’s notice on username feature

Meta-owned WhatsApp on Thursday submitted its response to the government’s notice regarding its proposed “username” feature which is currently under examination, sources said.

July 9 was the deadline set by the government for Meta to submit its response.

The Centre had issued a notice to Meta last Wednesday over the proposed rollout of the username feature on WhatsApp in India. The government directed the company not to roll out the feature until consultations on the matter were completed, citing concerns that it could materially increase incidents of online fraud, phishing, digital-arrest scams and impersonation attacks.