Today in News History
On July 2, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1902, K. Kanapathypillai, Sri Lankan author and academic (died 1968) was born. In 1918, Indumati Bhattacharya, Indian politician (died 1990) was born. In 1924, Chia-ying Yeh, Chinese-born Canadian poet and sinologist (died 2024) was born. In 1940, Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta. In 1954, Chris Huhne, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change was born. In 1979, Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (died 2001) was born. In 1986, Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer was born. In 1997, The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis. In 2011, Itamar Franco, Brazilian engineer and politician, 33rd President of Brazil (born 1930) passed away. In 2015, Jacobo Zabludovsky, Mexican journalist (born 1928) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
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...
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