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WhatsApp banned more than 71 lakh accounts in India in November last year, the company revealed in its latest monthly report. The messaging platform owned by Facebook parent Meta said that it banned over 19 lakh accounts in India "proactively", which means the company took action on these accounts before it received any user reports of policy violations. WhatsApp also acted on a handful of over 8,000 grievances received from users in the same month, according to the firm's report.In its latest monthly report published in…

Meta-owned WhatsApp banned a record over 71 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of November 2023, in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021, the company said on Monday.Between November 1-30, the company banned 71,96,000 accounts. About 19,54,000 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users, WhatsApp said in its monthly compliance report.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Professional Certificate in Product…

Image Source : FREEPIK WhatsApp WhatsApp, a Meta-owned instant messaging platform reportedly banned over 71 lakh bad accounts in India in November 2023. The decision was made in compliance with the latest IT Rules 2021. The company said, between November 1-30, WhatsApp banned 71,96,000 accounts. About 19,54,000 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any…

Image Source : FILE WhatsApp Bans 6.5 million bad accounts in India: Check this report WhatsApp, owned by Meta (formerly Facebook), has disclosed that it banned over 6.5 million problematic accounts in India during May, in adherence to the new IT Rules 2021. Out of these accounts, 2.4 million were proactively banned even before receiving user reports.  This…

WhatsApp banned 74 lakh Indian accounts during the month of April as part of preventive actions to combat abuse on its platform. While delving into the…

Internet firms like Google, Facebook and Twitter may lose protection under safe harbour if they fail to remove content identified by the government-notified fact-checker as false or misleading information, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Thursday.He said that fact-checkers are a reference point to fight against misinformation and rejected arguments that it will adversely impact "free speech". "If you want section 79 safe harbour protection as an intermediary then you have some…

Image Source : UNSPLASH These WhatsApp accounts termed ‘bad’ were restrained from operation to ensure safety measures on the messaging platform. WhatsApp, the Meta-owned messaging platform, imposed a ban on 36.77 lakh accounts in December 2022 across India. The messaging platform broke the news in the December edition of the India Monthly Report published under the…

The government has formed three grievance appellate committees (GAC) for grievance redressal of complaints of social media users against decisions of grievance redressal officers of social media intermediaries. Of the three, one will be led by the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Indian Cyber Coordination Centre (ICCC) of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), while the other two will be led by joint secretary in charge of Policy and Administration Division in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) and…

WhatsApp banned 26.85 lakh accounts in India in September, including 8.72 lakh accounts which were barred proactively before being flagged by users, the Meta-owned instant messaging firm said on Tuesday. The number of accounts blocked in September were 15 per cent more than the 23.28 lakh accounts the messaging platform banned in August."Between 1 September, 2022, and 30 September, 2022, 2,685,000 WhatsApp accounts were banned. 872,000 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users. An Indian…

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