WhatsApp bans over 75 lakh bad accounts in India in October
December 2, 2023 - PatialaPolitics
WhatsApp bans over 75 lakh bad accounts in India in October
Meta-owned WhatsApp banned a record over 75 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of October, in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021.Between October 1-31, the company banned “7,548,000 accounts”.
About 1,919,000 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 over 500 million users in the country, received another record 9,063 complaint reports in October in the country, and the records “actioned” were 12.
“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.