khaskhabar.com : Monday, 02 May 2022 5:06 PM
New Delhi . Meta-owned WhatsApp on Monday said it banned over 18 lakh accounts in India in the month of March in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021. The platform had banned over 14 lakh such accounts in the country in February.
The company said it also received 597 complaint reports in the same month from the country, and 74 accounts with ‘actionable’.
A WhatsApp spokesperson said in a statement, “As per the IT Rules 2021, we have published our report for the month of March 2022. This user-safety report contains details of user complaints and related action taken by WhatsApp as well as Including WhatsApp’s own preventive actions.”
“WhatsApp banned more than 1.8 million (1,805,000) accounts in March,” the spokesperson said.
The company said the shared data highlights the number of Indian accounts banned by WhatsApp between March 1 and 31, using a misuse-detection approach, including negatives received from users through its ‘Report’ feature. Including the action taken to forward the response.
“Over the years, we have continuously invested in artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technology, data scientists and experts and processes to keep our users safe on our platform,” the company said.
Under the new IT Rules 2021, large digital and social media platforms with more than 5 million users will have to publish a monthly compliance report.
–IANS
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