“WhatsApp is an industry leader in preventing abuse, among end-to-end encrypted messaging services. WhatsApp May Ban More AccountsĪ spokesperson from WhatsApp issued a statement about the brand banning close to 2.2 million people. With WhatsApp broadening its offerings into the payments industry, the brand has to weed out sketchy users to ensure the safety of everyone else using the platform. These users were banned for violating the chatting app’s security rules. “Majority of users who reach out to us are either aiming to have their account restored following an action to ban them or reaching out for product or account support,” it added.As per a report released by the world’s most popular messaging app, Whatspp banned close to 2.2 million users in September.
We maintain advanced capabilities to identify these accounts sending a high or abnormal rate of messages,” the company had said. “Our top focus is preventing accounts from sending harmful or unwanted messages at scale. In its first monthly grievance redressal report, WhatsApp had banned 20 lakh accounts in India that attempted to send harmful or unwanted messages at scale. In the period from June 16-July 31, WhatsApp had banned 30.2 lakh accounts in India in compliance with the new IT rules.
“This user-safety report contains details of the user complaints received and the corresponding action taken by WhatsApp, as well as WhatsApp’s own preventive actions to combat abuse on our platform,” said a WhatsApp spokesperson.
The platform acted upon 41 of those grievances. In its second monthly report for the 30-day period of August 1-August 31, under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, WhatsApp received 420 grievances from users in India received via e-mails and mails sent to the India Grievance Officer via post. New Delhi: Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Friday said it banned 20.7 lakh accounts in India in the month of August in accordance with the new IT Rules 2021.
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