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India Orders Messaging Apps to Work Only With Active SIM Cards to Prevent Fraud and - Stanley - Dec 11, 2025
India Orders Messaging Apps to Work Only With Active SIM Cards to Prevent Fraud and
India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued directions to app-based communication service providers to ensure that the platforms cannot be used without an active SIM card linked to the user's mobile number.
To that end, messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, Snapchat, Arattai, Sharechat, Josh, JioChat, and Signal that use an Indian mobile number for uniquely identifying their
https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/india-orders-messaging-apps-to-work.html
RE: India Orders Messaging Apps to Work Only With Active SIM Cards to Prevent Fraud and - RangoWorld - Dec 11, 2025
Sounds like we're heading towards a surveiling world. I also notice almost every country being more totalitarian in their policies and approach.