India gives WhatsApp three days to defend username rollout amid security fears

India has asked WhatsApp to explain why it should not face regulatory action after it announced the global rollout of a new usernames feature amid fears that the new feature could lead to increased cyberattacks. The country's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) gave the Meta owned platform three days to respond to its July 1 letter and to halt the rollout of usernames until the government gives its approval. WhatsApp announced on June 29 that it was allowing users to reser