Zoho's Arattai to drop username feature amid WhatsApp controversy
Published on: July 2, 2026, 11:27 p.m. | Source: The Economic Times
This comes amid a wider standoff between the Centre and messaging platforms over features that let users connect without sharing phone numbers. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) gave Meta three days to respond to a July 1 letter and halt the rollout of WhatsApp's new usernames feature pending government approval. The ministry warned the feature could "materially increase the incidence of online fraud, phishing, digital arrest scams and impersonation attacks."
