In December last year, WhatsApp banned over 69 lakh bad accounts in the country.
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp has banned over 67 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of January, in accordance with the new IT Rules, 2021.
Between January 1 and 31, the company banned “6,728,000 accounts.” About 1,358,000 of these accounts were proactively banned before any reports from users, WhatsApp said in its monthly compliance report.
The most popular messaging platform, which has more than 500 million users in the country, received another record 14,828 complaint reports in the country in January, and the number of “actions taken” was 10.
‘Accounts Actioned’ refers to reports in which WhatsApp has taken corrective action based on the report. Taking action means banning an account or reinstating a previously banned account as a result.
“This user safety report provides details of the user complaints received and the associated action taken by WhatsApp, as well as WhatsApp’s own preventative actions to combat abuse on our platform,” the company said.
In a bid to empower millions of Indian social media users, the central government has set up the Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC), which looks into their concerns about 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 users’ calls against decisions made by social media platforms.
“We are the market leader in end-to-end encrypted messaging services to prevent and combat abuse. In addition to our security 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,” WhatsApp said in a statement.
In December last year, WhatsApp banned over 69 lakh bad accounts in the country.