Last Updated: February 02, 2023, 12:21 IST
WhatsApp has banned over 36 lakh ‘unhealthy’ accounts in India.
Between December 1 and December 31, 3,677,000 WhatsApp accounts have been banned, and 1,389,000 of those accounts have been proactively banned earlier than any reviews from customers, stated the corporate.
Meta-owned WhatsApp on Wednesday stated it banned over 36 lakh ‘bad’ accounts in India within the month of December 2022 in compliance with the brand new IT Rules 2021, that are being amended to place extra obligations on social media platforms.
Between December 1 and December 31, 3,677,000 WhatsApp accounts have been banned, and 1,389,000 of those accounts have been proactively banned earlier than any reviews from customers, stated the corporate.
The messaging platform, which has greater than 400 million customers within the nation, acquired 1,607 criticism reviews in December within the nation, and the data ‘actioned’ have been 166.
“In accordance with the IT Rules 2021, we’ve revealed our report for the month of December 2022. As captured within the newest Monthly Report, WhatsApp banned over 3.6 million accounts within the month of December,” according to a WhatsApp spokesperson.
Under the upgraded IT Rules 2021, major digital and social media platforms, with in excess of 5 million users, have to publish monthly compliance reports.
Meanwhile, in a major push towards an open, safe, trusted and accountable Internet, the Ministry of Electronics and IT has notified some amendments aimed at protecting the rights of ‘Digital Nagriks’.
The amendments impose a legal obligation on intermediaries to take reasonable efforts to prevent users from uploading such content.
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