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WhatsApp bans 71,96,000 accounts in India in November. Here is the reason behind it

| @indiablooms | Jan 02, 2024, at 04:09 pm

Popular messaging platform Whatsapp on Monday (January 1, 2024) said it banned 71,96,000 accounts in India in November.

WhatsApp said it banned the accounts between  November 1 to 30.

According to the company's India monthly report under the IT Rules, 2021, the platform proactively banned 1,954,000 accounts, out of 71,96,000 accounts,  before any reports from users.

"We will continue with the transparency to our work and include information about our efforts in future reports," the company said in its report.

"Between 1 November, 2023 and 30 November 2023, 7,196,000 WhatsApp accounts were banned. 1,954,000 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users," the company said. 

"In addition to responding to and actioning on user complaints through the grievance channel, WhatsApp also deploys tools and resources to prevent harmful behavior on the platform. We are particularly focused on prevention because we believe it is much better to stop harmful activity from happening in the first place than to detect it after harm has occurred," it said.

The company said it is an industry leader among end-to-end encrypted messaging services in preventing and combating abuse.

"We enable users to block contacts and to report problematic content and contacts to us from inside the app. We pay close attention to user feedback and engage with specialists in stemming misinformation, promoting cybersecurity, and preserving election integrity," the messaging service said.

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