New Delhi: In compliance with the new IT Rules 2021, Meta-owned WhatsApp has banned over 65 Lakhs of bad accounts in India in the month of May, the company said on Sunday.
According to reports, 6,508,000 WhatsApp accounts were banned and 2,420,700 of these accounts were proactively banned in May.
In the month of April, WhatsApp, which has more than 500 million users in India, banned a record of over 74 lakh bad accounts.
The most popular messaging platform also received 3,912 grievance reports like "ban appeals" in May in the country, and the records "actioned" were only 297.
The ‘Accounts Actioned’ denotes where WhatsApp took remedial action based on reports. The actions taken are either banning an account or a previously banned account being restored.
As per the company’s statement, "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."
In an attempt to empower millions of Indian social media users, the Centre recently launched the Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) which will look 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.
In a major push towards an open, safe, trusted, and accountable Internet, the Ministry of Electronics and IT has notified some amendments aimed at protecting the rights of 'Digital Nagriks’.
With inputs from IANS