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Government Mandates Six-Hour WhatsApp Logout Under New SIM Rules
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WhatsApp Faces Six-Hour Logout Rule Under New SIM Norms, Govt Confirms
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26-02-2026, 13:00
WhatsApp Faces Six-Hour Logout Rule Under New SIM Norms, Govt Confirms
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Government confirms a six-hour logout rule for WhatsApp under new SIM norms, effective November 2025.
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WhatsApp must log out inactive users every six hours and stop functioning if the registered SIM is not provisioned on the device.
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Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia stated the February 28 deadline for compliance remains, citing national security and fraud prevention.
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The logout rule primarily affects multiple connections on the same instrument, like WhatsApp Web.
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WhatsApp reiterated to the Supreme Court that it maintains end-to-end encryption and does not read user messages.
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