India asks Meta to hold WhatsApp username rollout over fraud fears

India Targets Encrypted Messengers by Feature: MeitY Sends Notices to Telegram and Signal

India's MeitY sent notices to Telegram and Signal asking them to justify their username features amid fraud concerns. The action, a day after WhatsApp was told to pause its own username rollout, marks India's shift from app bans to feature-by-feature scrutiny of messaging platforms.

India orders WhatsApp to halt username feature over anonymity concerns

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. Earlier this week, Meta’s WhatsApp said ‌it had begun a phased global roll-out, including in India, of the feature, which lets users reserve a unique username and eventually message others without sharing their phone numbers. The intervention is an...

India issues notice to Telegram, Signal on concerns over usernames, source says

India has issued notices to messaging platforms Telegram and Signal ​over concerns that their username features ‌could facilitate impersonation and other forms of misuse, a government source said on ​Friday

Three more arrested in Maharashtra TET scam; paper to be held online from next year

Three more accused have been arrested in the Maharashtra TET scam. The police have arrested three individuals, including Kapil Dahiya. The arrested individuals are - Sonu Singh, Mithun Singh. Amid the TET paper leak controversy, the Maharashtra government has announced that the TET examination will be conducted online from next year. The move is aimed at making the examination process more secure and preventing paper leaks. The state government will also set up a committee to prepare a roadmap and oversee the implementation of the online examination system.

Meta buys a fifth of Cred, and a new WhatsApp boss

Meta is paying 900mn for a fifth of Cred, an Indian fintech. The bigger prize is its founder, Kunal Shah, who will now run WhatsApp. Meta has found its next WhatsApp boss the way it now likes to find people: by writing a cheque. On Monday, the company said it would invest 900mn in Cred. [] This story continues at The Next Web

Maharashtra TET paper leak: 3 more arrested, Bijendra Gupta still absconding

Maharashtra TET paper leak: 3 more arrested, Bijendra Gupta still absconding

Scams targeting foreigners rise nearly 4-fold over 2 yrs: lawmaker

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- The number of foreigners who fell victim to fraud in ...

India tells WhatsApp to halt usernames rollout

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, Meta’s (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.

Indian Ambassador Srivastava pays courtesy call on Speaker Aryal

Kathmandu, July 9: Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava, paid a courtesy call on Speaker Dol Prasad Aryal at th...

NRIs Recognized as Indian Citizens Under RTI Law, OCI and PIO Holders Left Out

NEW DELHI, Jun 29: A decade-old government interpretation of India’s Right to Information (RTI) Act has resurfaced, highlighting a legal distinction between Indian citizens living...

‘This news is completely false’: Piyush Goyal as he rejects report that claims India rejected quick trade deal with US

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday squashed a media report claiming India had turned down a rapid trade deal with the US and was negotiating for better terms. On his official X handle, Goyal wrote, “This news is completely false, baseless and misleading. I had fantastic meetings with USTR Jamieson Greer, @USTradeRep, when he visited []

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'This could be a disaster': Ankur Warikoo flags scam risk in WhatsApp's new username feature

According to WhatsApp, reserving a username takes only a few seconds.

WhatsApp pausing usernames for hundreds of millions of users over fraud fears

WhatsApp’s username feature has run into trouble in India, where officials are concerned about impersonation fraud and fake accounts.

Cred founder Kunal Shah to be new boss of WhatsApp, announces Meta

Kunal Shah replaces Will Cathcart, who has been running the popular messaging service for roughly seven years

PM nominee apologizes for data leak in state-sponsored startup contest

Han Seong-sook, prime minister nominee and current SMEs and Startups minister, apologized for the data leak involving some 5,000 participants in the ministry's flagship startup contest. I sincerely apologize to all participants who suffered discomfort due to the personal information leak, Han told reporters on her way to the office in Seoul to prepare for the confirmation hearing. We failed to live up to the trust of citizens who believed in the government and participated in the contest. As

Kamal Adli titip ucapan selamat hari lahir buat Uqasha Senrose

PETALING JAYA:Pelakon Kamal Adl tampil menitipkan ucapan hari lahir buat bekas isterinya, Uqasha Senrose. Hantaran yang dibuat oleh Ahmad Kamal Ahmad Adli, 40, mencuri tumpuan warga maya memandangkan status hubungan mereka yang kini bukan lagi sebagai suami isteri. “Selamat hari lahir untuk Cik Uqasha Senrose atau Ibu Hawra Uqaira. Semoga dipanjangkan umur, dipermudahkan rezeki, dan ... Read more The post Kamal Adli titip ucapan selamat hari lahir buat Uqasha Senrose appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

India raises security concerns over new WhatsApp feature

India has raised concerns over WhatsApp usernames, while Meta says it has built guardrails against username abuse Read Full Article at RT.com

Tinubu's minsiter disowns 7 bogus appointments, details emerge

Dr. Mariya Mahmoud disowns fraudulent appointments by Bin Usman Rano, emphasising her official media aide's role and urging reliance on confirmed information.

N. Sembilan PKR submits candidate list for 16 state seats, says Aminuddin

SEREMBAN, July 1 — Negeri Sembilan Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has submitted a list of names of prospective candid...

SOTRU launches to stop supplier fraud at the moment of payment

SOTRU Identity and Communications (Pty) Ltd, a South African verification and secure communication platform, launches in the market to tackle a fraud problem that traditional KYC and KYB checks were never built to solve: impersonation and payment fraud that happens after a supplier has been verified. Business email compromise hit 63 of organisations globally in 2024, []

Pakistan pleads, 61 Indian ‘Aman ki Asha’ enthusiasts amplify: Read how they want PM Modi to revive the Musharraf-Manmohan Kashmir formula

A letter, titled “Appeal to the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan by Concerned Citizens”, has been issued by the Centre for Peace and Progress on 30th June 2026. The ‘appeal’ has been signed by 117 ‘prominent citizens’, including 61 from India and 56 from Pakistan.

MoS Pabitra Margherita, Bihar Governor represent India at funeral ceremony of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Tehran [Iran], July 3 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita and Bihar Governor Lt. Gen. (Rtd.) Syed Ata Hasnain on Friday represented India as they attended the funeral ceremony of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes on February 28 this year. On the solemn event, MoS Pabitra Margherita, in a post on X, shared that they paid their r

Telegram Ban Lifted, But Why Are Users Still Facing Login and Messaging Issues?

Even after the expiry of the government's temporary restriction period, several users across India continue to report issues accessing the messaging platform Telegram, which had been blocked ahead of the NEET-UG 2026 retest. The Centre had ordered a nationwide block on