More than 72 lakh accounts banned by WhatsApp in India in July
By MYBRANDBOOK
The messaging platform, WhatsApp banned more than 72 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of July, in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021.
WhatsApp in its monthly compliance report revealed that between July 1-31, “72,28,000 WhatsApp accounts were banned. 31,08,000 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users”.
Meta-owned WhatsApp has more than 500 million users in the country and has received another record 11,067 complaint reports in July in the country, and the records “actioned” were 72.
“Accounts Actioned” means WhatsApp has taken remedial action based on the report and by taking action means either banning an account or a previously banned account being restored as a result.
“This user-safety report contains details of the user complaints received and the corresponding action taken by WhatsApp, as well as WhatsApp’s own preventive actions to combat abuse on our platform,” according to the company.
The company also mentioned that the orders received from the Grievance Appellate Committee between July 1 and July 31 were five, and orders complied with were also five.
The central government has come up with the Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) to empower millions of Indian social media users. The committee will look into their concerns regarding content and other issues.
The newly-formed panel, a move to strengthen the country’s digital laws to tame the Big Tech companies, will look into appeals by users against decisions of social media platforms.
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’.
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