India is considering a unified regulatory framework for username-based identities on messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal. MeitY is consulting platforms after asking WhatsApp to pause its username rollout, assessing risks including fraud, impersonation, phishing, financial scams and “digital arrest” schemes, while seeking to preserve privacy, anonymity, verification safeguards, audit trails and law-enforcement access.
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