WhatsApp bans over 65 lakh accounts in May as per IT Rules 2021

Meta-owned WhatsApp banned greater than 65 lakh unhealthy accounts in India in the month of May, in compliance with the brand new IT Rules 2021, the corporate mentioned on Sunday.

Between May 1 and May 31, 6,508,000 WhatsApp accounts have been banned and a pair of,420,700 of those accounts have been proactively banned, earlier than any stories from customers in the nation.

In the month of April, WhatsApp, which has greater than 500 million customers in India, had banned a report (*65*) 74 lakh unhealthy accounts.

The hottest messaging platform additionally obtained 3,912 grievance stories like “ban appeals” in May in the nation, and the data “actioned” have been 297.

“Accounts Actioned” denotes stories the place WhatsApp took remedial motion primarily based on the report and taking motion denotes both banning an account or a beforehand banned account being restored as a consequence.

“This user-safety report incorporates particulars of the consumer complaints obtained and the corresponding motion taken by WhatsApp, as properly as WhatsApp’s personal preventive actions to fight abuse on our platform,” based on the corporate.

In a bid to assist Indian social media customers, the Centrejust lately launched the Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) that can look into their considerations concerning content material and different points.

The newly-formed panel, a transfer to strengthen the nation’s digital legal guidelines to tame the Big Tech firms, will look into appeals by customers in opposition to choices of social media platforms.

In a significant push in direction of an open, secure, trusted and accountable Internet, the Ministry of Electronics and IT has notified some amendments aimed toward defending the rights of ‘Digital Nagriks’.

(With inputs from IANS)