WhatsApp News: Messing with WhatsApp is expensive! Accounts of more than 71 lakh Indians deleted in 30 days
WhatsApp News: WhatsApp has banned more than 71 lakh Indian accounts in 30 days. The company itself has given information about this. In fact, Meta's instant messaging platform WhatsApp took this action in April 2024, banning over 71 lakh Indian accounts on the platform. The company has informed that these accounts are in violation of Indian laws. WhatsApp messaging platform publishes monthly reports under IT Rules, 2021. In this report, the company shares information about the action taken on complaints received from WhatsApp users and the detection and prevention of the same. This shocking information has been revealed.
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The company received 10,554 complaints
Users can send their complaints through e-mail or post to the Indian Complaints Authority as per the Action Report from 1st April to 30th April. In April, the company received 10,554 complaints regarding ban appeals, security, account support and more. In addition to responding to citizen complaints, the company platform “uses a variety of tools and technologies to prevent harmful content.”
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Many users are misusing WhatsApp. So the company has taken steps to find such accounts and cancel them under the new IT Act. There are three steps involved in detecting a WhatsApp misusing account. WhatsApp said it receives information in the form of user reports and blocks during app registration, messaging and responding to negative feedback. A team of WhatsApp analysts use this system to detect and delete fake accounts.
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A total of 71 lakh 82 thousand Indian accounts were banned
The number of banned accounts also includes actions taken following negative feedback from users through various features reported by the system,” the company said. A total of 71,82,000 Indian accounts were banned in India. Out of these, 13,02,000 accounts were banned before any user reports were received. Indian accounts are identified by the '+91' phone number.
Additionally, WhatsApp has “a team of engineers, data scientists, analysts, researchers and legal experts, online security and technology development experts to prevent and combat online fraud.” Additionally, the company also uses an end-to-end encrypted messaging system.
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