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Meta defends WhatsApp username rollout after India warns of cybercrime risks
Morning Brief Podcast: WhatsApp Users’ New Identity Crisis
2d ago
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Economic TimesMorning Brief Podcast: WhatsApp Users’ New Identity Crisiseconomictimes.indiatimes.comThe Indian government has issued a notice to Meta over WhatsApp’s planned username feature, warning that it could fuel impersonation and online fraud. Meta maintains usernames are a privacy feature designed to let users connect without sharing phone numbers. But the dispute runs much deeper. In this episode, host Anirban Chowdhury talks to Apar Gupta, co-founder, Internet Freedom Foundation about the government’s concerns, Meta’s response, the first-originator rule, end-to-end encryption, the limits of India’s IT Rules and DPDP Act, and why the bigger question is whether governments will ever lead—rather than merely react to—the future of digital identity.
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