Controversy has arisen around WhatsApp’s new ‘username’ feature. In this situation, the Center sent a notice to Mota on Wednesday. Mark Zuckerberg’s company gave its reply to the Narendra Modi government on Thursday. Meta informed that the ‘username’ feature has not been implemented yet. Everything is being looked into. Necessary security measures for the feature are also being developed. Not only that, the company has clarified that phone number is required to use WhatsApp even after this new feature comes.

Recently Meta announced the launch of ‘Username’ feature on WhatsApp. According to this system, chat can be done on WhatsApp without phone number. According to sources, through this feature, users can adopt ‘username’ that looks like the name of a legitimate organization, organization or person. Today, eight to eighty people are immersed in WhatsApp throughout the day. But it is not only for chatting, now most of the official work is also done in this app. But until now a phone number was required to start a conversation on WhatsApp. It is seen in many cases, many users don’t want to give their phone number even if they need to chat for some reason. Keeping all such situations in mind, the company is planning to bring new features. But the Center fears that using the new system could increase online fraud. Customers’ chat privacy may also be compromised. The number of crimes may increase. After that Modi government sent notice to Meta.

In response to the notice on Thursday, a WhatsApp spokesperson said, “The username feature is not yet live. It is planned to be rolled out in phases by the end of this year. However, before the feature is rolled out, WhatsApp will store usernames associated with various public representatives, government agencies, stars and verified meta accounts. As a result, these usernames can only be claimed by the real owners. At the same time, it also blocks names that are similar or confusing to the original usernames. will be, so that no one can cheat under false identity.” He also said, “Even if the username is activated, the phone number will be mandatory to open the account on WhatsApp. Multiple security measures will be taken to prevent fraud.”