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India Orders Messaging Apps to Bind Accounts to SIMs

🔒 India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed messaging apps to bind accounts to an active, KYC‑verified SIM linked to the user's mobile number, with platforms required to comply within 90 days. The amendment to the Telecommunications (Telecom Cyber Security) Rules, 2024 aims to curb phishing, cross‑border fraud and remote account takeovers by closing gaps from long‑lived web/desktop sessions. Providers must enforce continuous SIM linkage and force web sessions to log out every six hours, requiring QR re‑linking. The DoT also announced a Mobile Number Validation (MNV) platform for decentralized, privacy‑compliant verification.