WhatsApp India Bans a Record 6.9 Million Fake Accounts in December 2023
WhatsApp banned a record 69,000,000 bad accounts in India in December 2023 under the new IT Rules 2021, the company said on Monday. 1.–31. December the company banned “6,934,000 accounts”.
About 1,658,000 of those accounts were proactively banned before users reported them, WhatsApp said in its monthly compliance report.
The most popular messaging platform, which has more than 500 million users in the country, again received a record 16,366 complaint reports in December in the country, with 13 “actioned” records. “Accounts Actioned” refers to reports where WhatsApp took corrective action based on the notification and taking action means either banning the account or reinstatement of a previously banned account as a result.
“This user safety report includes information on user complaints received and the corresponding actions taken by WhatsApp, as well as WhatsApp’s own preventive actions to combat abuse on our platform,” according to the company.
In an effort to empower millions of Indian social media users, the Center recently launched a Grievance Committee (GAC) to look into their concerns about content and other issues.
A newly formed panel to strengthen the country’s digital laws to tame Big Tech companies is looking into user complaints about decisions by social media platforms.
“We are an industry leader among end-to-end encrypted messaging services in preventing and combating abuse. In addition to our security features and management capabilities, we employ a team of engineers, data scientists, analysts, researchers and experts in law enforcement, network security and technology development to oversee these efforts,” WhatsApp said.
In November, WhatsApp banned over 71 lakh bad accounts in the country.
