WhatsApp Banned Over 20 lakh Indian Accounts Between May 15 And June 15

More than 20 lakh accounts were banned between May 15 and June 15 in India, Facebook-owned WhatsApp said on Thursday in its monthly compliance report that details actions taken by social media and web platforms in accordance with the country's new Information Technology Rules. "WhatsApp [...] deploys tools and resources to prevent harmful behaviour on the platform. We areparticularly focused on prevention because we believe it is much better to stop harmful activity fromhappening in the first place than to detect it after harm has occurred," the instant messaging platform said. "The abuse detection operates at three stages of an account's lifestyle: at registration; duringmessaging; and in response to negative feedback, which we receive in the form of user reportsand blocks. A team of analysts augments these systems to evaluate edge cases and help improveour effectiveness over time," it said.