WhatsApp banned more than 23 lakh accounts in India in Oct for violating rules

Meta-owned WhatsApp on Wednesday said it banned over 23 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of October in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021 which are being amended to put more responsibilities on social media platforms. Between October 1 and October 31, 23,24,000 WhatsApp accounts were banned and 8,11,000 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users, said the company. Also Read – WhatsApp now lets you retain caption of photos, videos before forwarding WhatsApp bans over 23 lakh accounts in India The messaging platform, which has more than 400 million users in the country, received 701 complaint reports in October in India, and the records ‘actioned’ were 34. Also Read – WhatsApp to launch ‘Message Yourself’ feature in India: All you need to know “In accordance with the IT Rules 2021, we’ve published our report for the month of October 2022. As captured in the latest Monthly Report, WhatsApp banned over 2.3 million accounts in the month of October,” said a WhatsApp spokesperson. Also Read – WhatsApp phone numbers of 500 mn users leaked online: Report Under the upgraded IT Rules 2021, major digital and social media platforms, with in excess of 5
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