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Meta-owned WhatsApp banned a record over 7.1 million bad accounts in India in the month of November 2023, in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021, the company said on Monday. Between November 1-30, the company banned 7.196 million accounts. Around 1.954 million of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users, WhatsApp said in its monthly compliance report.
The world’s most popular messaging platform, which has over 500 million users in India, received another record 8,841 complaints nationwide in November, and the records “actioned” were six.
“Accounts Actioned” denotes reports where WhatsApp took remedial action based on the report and taking action denotes either banning an account or a previously banned account being restored as a result.
“This user-safety report contains details of the user complaints received and the corresponding action taken by WhatsApp, as well as WhatsApp’s own preventive actions to combat abuse on our platform,” according to the company.
In a bid to empower millions of Indian social media users, the Center recently launched the Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) which looks into their concerns regarding content and other issues.
The newly-formed panel, a move to strengthen the country’s digital laws to tame the Big Tech companies, will look into appeals by users against decisions of social media platforms.
“We are an industry leader among end-to-end encrypted messaging services in preventing and combating abuse. In addition to our safety features and controls, we employ a team of engineers, data scientists, analysts, researchers, and experts in law enforcement, online safety, and technology developments to oversee these efforts,” said WhatsApp.
WhatsApp banned record 7.1 million bad accounts in India in Nov 2023
