WhatsApp Banned 26.85 Lakh Accounts In India In September 2022
Meta-owned WhatsApp banned 26.85 lakh accounts in India in September. About 8.72 lakh accounts were actively banned before being flagged by users, the company said on Tuesday.
November 3, 2022: The new IT rules, which came into effect in 2021, made it mandatory for large digital platforms (with more than five million users) to publish compliance reports every month, detailing complaints received and actions taken.
Meta-owned WhatsApp banned 26.85 lakh accounts in India in September. About 8.72 lakh accounts were actively banned before being flagged by users, the company said on Tuesday.
The instant messaging platform banned 23.28 lakh accounts in August. Further, the platform said in its ‘User Safety Report’ for the month of September, “Between September 1, 2022 and September 30, 2022, a total of 26,85,000 WhatsApp accounts were banned.
Of these, 8,72,000 accounts were actively banned.” , before any reports from users. The Indian account is identified by the 91 phone number.
” The new IT rules, which came into effect in 2021, made it mandatory for large digital platforms (with more than five million users) to publish compliance reports every month, detailing complaints received and actions taken.
Major social media platforms have come under fire in the past for hate speech, misinformation and fake news circulating on their platforms.
Concerns have been repeatedly expressed by some quarters about digital platforms acting arbitrarily in taking down content and ‘de-platforming’ users.
The government last week announced rules to establish a grievance appeal mechanism against arbitrary content moderation, inaction or decision-making by big tech companies.
According to the latest WhatsApp report, the platform received 666 complaints in September but only 23 were acted upon.
“In addition to responding to and acting on user complaints through the complaint channel, WhatsApp also deploys tools and resources to prevent harmful behavior on the platform.
We specifically focus on prevention because we believe it is better to prevent harmful activity from occurring. is. The first place is to find it after the damage is done,” the company said.
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