WhatsApp Banned over 23 Lakh accounts in india in august

Technical | Messaging platform WhatsApp has once again banned millions of accounts in India. According to the new IT Rules, 2021, WhatsApp has informed about banning more than 23 lakh accounts on Saturday. These accounts have been banned in the month of August. The company bans accounts for reasons such as fanaticism, spamming or misuse of the platform.

The messaging platform owned by Meta has over 500 million users in India. The platform has received around 528 complaints within a month in August. However, only 27 of these complaints were acted upon. Earlier, the platform had banned more than 20 lakh accounts in the month of July as well.

Actions to keep users safe

“Over the years, we have continuously worked with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and state-of-the-art technology, data scientists and experts to provide a secure experience for our users,” said a company spokesperson. According to a spokesperson, WhatsApp has banned 2,328,000 accounts in the month of August.

WhatsApp shares compliance report

The responsibility of social media platforms has been fixed in the IT Rules, 2021, which were upgraded last year. Under these, WhatsApp will have to share a monthly compliance report, which tells how many accounts it has taken action on or banned. The company has to tell how many complaints have been received by its compliance team.

If you make these mistakes then your account will be banned

If you do spam messaging on WhatsApp or are among those who share objectionable messages, then your account may be banned. Apart from this, even in the event of downloading the modified version of WhatsApp, the account may be banned. Keep in mind that you should not be a part of such groups, where there is discussion related to bigotry or terrorism.