WhatsApp banned over 3 million accounts in India to prevent online abuse

The Facebook-owned messaging app said that it had banned the accounts from June 16 and July 31 to prevent online abuse and keeping users safe on the platform.

WhatsApp’s new User Safety Report reveals that it had banned over three million accounts in forty-six days. The Facebook-owned messaging app said that it had banned the accounts from June 16 and July 31 to prevent online abuse and keeping users safe on the platform. The accounts that were found violating the guidelines or the messaging app. WhatsApp took actions against the violating accounts on the basis of the reports and complaints received through the grievances channels. Talking about the new user safety report, WhatsApp spokesperson said, “WhatsApp is an industry leader in preventing abuse, among end-to-end encrypted messaging services. Over the years, we have consistently invested in Artificial Intelligence and other state-of-the-art technology, data scientists and experts, and in processes, in order to keep our users safe on our platform. In accordance with the IT Rules 2021, we’ve published our second monthly report for the 46 day period of - 16 June to 31 July. 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.”