WhatsApp Account Ban: WhatsApp has banned the WhatsApp account of millions of Indian users. WhatsApp has officially told that the instant messaging app has banned 2.3 million (23 lakh) Indian accounts in October 2022. WhatsApp has also told that out of these 23 lakh accounts, more than eight lakh accounts were pro-actively banned even before the reports of the users came. Let us know about this in detail.
Reason for account block
In its report, stating the reason for blocking the accounts, WhatsApp has said that complaints have been received from the users against these accounts. Subsequently, the investigation found that the accounts violated WhatsApp’s rules. They have been banned only on the complaints of the users received from the Grievance Mechanism (complaint system) of WhatsApp. The app has received 701 complaints and has taken action on 34 accounts.
According to the spokesperson of WhatsApp, on the basis of IT Rule 2021, they presented their User Safety Report for the month of October, 2022. In this report, the complaints of the users and the action taken by WhatsApp have been explained in detail. Along with this, WhatsApp has also given the details of its preventive action to protect WhatsApp from misuse. Explain that under the new IT Rules 2021, companies are required to submit compliance reports every month.
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WhatsApp got so many complaints
According to the report, WhatsApp received 701 complaints in the month of October in India. Of these, the company took action against 34 accounts. These accounts were banned after action. At the same time, some already banned accounts have also been restored. Out of the complaints received, some accounts were scrutinized and found out of purview of ‘action’ and were spared. This is not the first time that WhatsApp has banned millions of Indian accounts. Even before this, WhatsApp had banned more than 26 lakh accounts in the country.
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