WhatsApp users will also have to do KYC!!

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WhatsApp users will also have to do KYC, jail for taking SIM on a fake ID, fine of 50 thousand rupees also


Hiding your identity with a SIM card is now going to be very costly. Now for having a SIM on a fake ID card, you can be jailed and can also be fined up to 50 thousand rupees. Apart from this, if you are chatting with someone hiding your identity on WhatsApp, Signal, or even Telegram, then the same law will apply and you may have to pay a fine along with a jail sentence. Let us understand this new law in detail...


According to a report in Economic Times, hiding your identity with a SIM card is now going to be very expensive. Now for having a SIM on a fake ID card, you can be jailed and can also be fined up to 50 thousand rupees. Apart from this, if you are chatting with someone hiding your identity on WhatsApp, Signal, or even Telegram, then the same law will apply and you may have to pay a fine along with a jail sentence. Let us understand this new law in detail...

The government believes that such a provision will see a reduction in cybercrime. Sub-section 4 of Section 7 of the Telecom Bill states that customers will have to disclose their true identity at all times. False identification or concealment of identity shall be punishable with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to Rs 50,000, or with both.


The draft bill also states that in such a case, the police can arrest you without a warrant and initiate an investigation without a court order. Telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnav had also recently said that the government is seriously looking into the issue of online financial frauds and has made it mandatory that going forward, even users of OTT platforms like WhatsApp-Signal, have to do KYC formalities. will have to be completed. He said that the telecom bill will be implemented in 6-10 months.

Ashwini Vaishnav said that all the apps which are used for calling or any kind of communication will all come under the new telecom bill, although he also made it clear that the government will not decrypt the messages of the users i.e. the messages or calls were made earlier. Just as secure. He said that the receiver of the phone call should always know who made the call and what is his identity.

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