Last Update: September 02, 2022, 09:51 IST
WhatsApp banned over 22 lakh accounts in India in May 2022.
Under the Advanced IT Rules 2021, major digital and social media platforms, which have more than five million users, are required to publish monthly compliance reports.
Meta-owned instant messaging application WhatsApp has banned over 23 lakh bad accounts India In compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021 in July, the company said on Thursday. WhatsApp also received 574 complaint reports in the month of July in India, and “action” records were 27.
The platform, which has over 400 million users in the country, banned over 22 lakh accounts with poor records in June. A spokesperson for the company said, “As per the IT Rules 2021, we have published our report for the month of July 2022. As recorded in the latest monthly report, WhatsApp recorded over 2.3 million accounts (in the month of July).” 2,387,000) has been banned.” ,
Notice published in accordance with Rule 4(1)(d) of technology (Intermediate Guidelines and Digital Media Code of Conduct) Rules, 2021, the report included data on actions taken by WhatsApp in light of complaints received from users in India. Objections were received through the complaint mechanism and accounts for violations of the laws of the land or conditions of service were processed through its prevention and detection methods.
Under the Advanced IT Rules 2021, major digital and social media platforms, which have more than five million users, are required to publish monthly compliance reports. “WhatsApp is an industry leader in preventing abuse between end-to-end encrypted messaging services. Over the years, we have continuously invested in Artificial Intelligence and other cutting-edge technology, data scientists and experts and processes to keep our users safe on our platform,” said a company spokesperson.
(with inputs from IANS)
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