INDIA ORDERS MESSAGING APPS TO WORK ONLY WITH ACTIVE SIM CARDS TO PREVENT FRAUD AND MISUSE

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India's Department of Telecommunications directed messaging apps, including WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal, to require account linking to an active SIM card and implement mandatory 6-hour web session logouts within 90 days to combat cross-border fraud, phishing, and "digital arrest" scams that exploit anonymous or migrated accounts.