WhatsApp Steps Up Fight Against Account Impersonation

WhatsApp recently began offering usernames, designed to help people connect while keeping their phone numbers private. Now, the Meta -owned company said it will allow high-profile names to be claimed only by legitimate owners as it tries to prevent impersonation on the messaging platform, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday (July 1). The username feature was introduced Monday (June 29), when Meta began letting customers reserve a unique handle for launch later in the year.