Over 14 lakh Indian accounts banned on WhatsApp - Here's why!

Meta-owned instant messaging service WhatsApp has announced the number of actions it took in order to address the grievances from both users in India and due to the violations of its terms.

These reports are sent on a monthly basis. The messaging platform also revealed the number of user-generated grievances it received and the number of cases in which it took an action.

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According to the latest report published by the messaging application, the company banned around 14,26,000 WhatsApp accounts. These accounts were banned in the duration between 1 February to 28 February.

"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," WhatsApp said in a statement.

As captured in the latest Monthly Report, WhatsApp banned over 1.4 million accounts in the month of February. - To be attributed to WhatsApp Spokesperson

These reports are published in accordance with Rule 4(1)(d) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021). These reports contain information on actions taken by WhatsApp.

The grievances come from users in India via the grievance mechanisms of WhatsApp. The majority of the actions were taken through the company’s prevention and detection methods for violating the laws of India or WhatsApp’s Terms of Service.