WhatsApp banned 18.58 lakh Indian accounts in a month, this is the reason

WhatsApp banned 18.58 lakh Indian accounts on its platform in the month of January. WhatsApp has taken this action after receiving complaints from its users. This information has come out from the report published every month. According to this, most of the 18.58 lakh accounts were banned on the basis of their harmful behavior. WhatsApp had also received complaints about 495 such Indian accounts, which had appealed to ban other accounts. Taking action on behalf of WhatsApp, 24 such accounts were also banned.

according to the report, This action was taken in a month between January 1, 2022 and January 31, 2022. It is noteworthy that the company identifies Indian accounts through +91 ISD code before the 10 digit mobile number. This messaging app had also banned more than 20 lakh accounts in October 2021. Meta-owned WhatsApp had then said that it was taking this action in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021.

After this, 17 lakh 50 thousand accounts were banned in November also. In December, action was taken on more than 20 lakh Indian accounts. From time to time, WhatsApp removes such accounts from the platform which are suspicious. The accounts on which complaint is received and action is taken are shown on WhatsApp as “Accounts Actioned”. Taking action means that either that account is being banned or the banned account is being restored.

The new IT rules in India were implemented in May last year. According to these rules, digital platforms with more than 50 lakh users will have to publish compliance reports every month. In this report, all the information about the complaints received and the action taken on them will have to be given.

Earlier, WhatsApp had emphasized that messaging on its platform is done with the security of end-to-end encryption and WhatsApp does not have the facility to view the content. To know the behavior of any account, WhatsApp only has access to user reports, profile photo, group photo and description. Apart from this, the company uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools so that the platform cannot be used for wrongdoing.