India, July 3 -- Meta will submit a detailed explanation sought by India over WhatsApp's username feature, sources said, after officials from Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology met the Meta team on Friday.

Ministry officials sensitised them about the government's concern relating to the feature. As the timeline for furnishing the detailed explanation on the "usernames" feature is for 3 days, they will submit their final reply as per the schedule, the officials told HT.

The meeting was held following the government's notice over the proposed rollout of the "usernames" feature on WhatsApp in India, sources said.

Earlier this week, the Union Government issued a notice to Meta directing it to provide a detailed explanation ...