Over 12 lakh accounts banned in India by X Corp due to breach of policy
By MYBRANDBOOK
Elon Musk owned X Corp, formerly known as Twitter, has banned 1,282,414 accounts in India between July 26 and August 25. These actions were taken basically the accounts that were involved promoting child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity. Also, 2,307 accounts were removed for promoting terrorism.
X Corp, led by CEO Linda Yaccarino, has received 1,467 complaints from Indian users during this period regarding different issues. The company's grievance redressal mechanisms processed 78 of these complaints, specifically related to account suspensions. The company decided to restore 10 suspended accounts after a careful evaluation, while the rest remain suspended.
From India, the company received different types of complaints, with the majority, 1,267, being related to abuse and harassment and other concerns included hateful conduct (62), child sexual exploitation (43), and privacy infringement (27). As per the new IT Rules of 2021, major digital platforms are required to publish monthly reports detailing their compliance efforts.
Reportedly, in the preceding months, X Corp has been vigilant in maintaining a safe online environment. In the June-July period, they banned a record 2,395,495 accounts in India. This was followed by 544,473 accounts banned between May 26 and June 25. In the same period, 1,772 accounts were removed for promoting terrorism. Between June 26 and July 25, X Corp took action against 1,851,022 accounts and removed 2,865 accounts for similar reasons.
Under Elon Musk's leadership, X Corp has also been responsive to government requests, approving 83% of them to either restrict or block content globally, including in countries like India and Turkey.
Singapore to remove One-Time Passwords from Bank Accounts
According to the Monetary Authority of Singapore, clients who utilise secur...
Is 375 million Airtel subscribers database breached?
When a hacker claims to have accessed and put up for sale a customer databa...
The government of India intends to construct a single portal f
A single portal will be launched by the Indian government to list all of it...
OpenAI offers GPT-4o, a faster model available to all users at
GPT-4o, a faster and more sophisticated AI model, is made available to all...
Icons Of India : MADHABI PURI BUCH
Madhabi Puri Buch is the first-female chairperson of India’s markets...
Icons Of India : AALOK KUMAR
Aalok Kumar is celebrated as a global leader and recipient of the Peop...
Icons Of India : Arjun Malhotra
Arjun Malhotra, the Chairman of Magic Software Inc., is widely recogni...
GSTN - Goods and Services Tax Network
GSTN provides shared IT infrastructure and service to both central and...
ITI - ITI Limited
ITI Limited is a leading provider of telecommunications equipment, sol...
NPCI - National Payments Corporation of India
NPCI is an umbrella organization for operating retail payments and set...
Indian Tech Talent Excelling The Tech World - Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO- Micron Technology
Sanjay Mehrotra, the President and CEO of Micron Technology, is at the...
Indian Tech Talent Excelling The Tech World - Sundar Pichai, CEO- Alphabet Inc.
Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc.,...
Indian Tech Talent Excelling The Tech World - Shantanu Narayen, CEO- Adobe Systems Incorporated
Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe Systems Incorporated, is renowned for h...