X banned over 1.8 lakh account for policy violations in India
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New Delhi: The microblogging platform X, formerly known as Twitter suspended 184,241 accounts in India between March 26 and April 25, accounts promoting child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity. Another over 1,000 accounts were removed for promoting terrorism on the platform in the country.
In total, X banned 185,544 accounts in the reporting period. The microblogging platform, in its monthly report in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021, said that it received 18,562 complaints from users in India in the same time frame through its grievance redressal mechanisms. In addition, the company processed 118 grievances which were appealing account suspensions.
“We overturned 4 of these account suspensions after reviewing the specifics of the situation. The remaining reported accounts remain suspended,” said the company. “We received 105 requests related to general questions about accounts during this reporting period,” it added.
Source: IANS