Over 1.75 mn Indian accounts banned by WhatsApp in Nov 2021: Compliance report

Updated : Jan 02, 2022 15:05
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Over 1.75 million Indian accounts were banned by WhatsApp, while 602 grievance reports were received by the messaging platform in November 2021, according to its compliance report.

In its latest report, the messaging platform said 17,59,000 Indian accounts were banned on WhatsApp during the period.

Previously, the Facebook-owned company had stated that more than 95 per cent of bans are due to the unauthorised use of automated or bulk messaging.

Over 2 million Indian accounts were banned by WhatsApp, while 500 grievance reports were received by the messaging platform in October.

WhatsApp, in its latest report, said it has received 602 user reports, spanning across account support (149), ban appeal (357), other support (21), product support (48) and safety (27) during November 2021.

Also watch: WhatsApp adds new privacy features to protect ‘last seen’, ‘online’ status

The new IT rules - which came into effect in May - require large digital platforms with over 5 million users to publish compliance reports every month, mentioning the details of complaints received and action taken.

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