Last Update: March 01, 2023, 22:16 IST
An Indian account is identified through +91 phone number (Representational image)
A WhatsApp spokesperson said, “As per the latest monthly report, WhatsApp banned over 2.9 million accounts in the month of January.”
Meta-owned WhatsApp banned 2.9 million accounts in January, according to the latest India Monthly reports by popular messaging platforms.
The ‘User-Safety Report’ contains details of user complaints received and action taken by WhatsApp, as well as WhatsApp’s own preventive actions to deal with abuse on our platform.
A WhatsApp spokesperson said, “As per the latest monthly report, WhatsApp banned over 2.9 million accounts in the month of January.”
Between January 1 and January 31, 2023, 2,918,000 WhatsApp accounts were banned, the report said, adding that 1,038,000 of these accounts were actively banned before there were any reports from users.
An Indian account is identified through a +91 phone number.
“In addition to responding to and taking action on user complaints through the complaints channel, WhatsApp also deploys tools and resources to prevent harmful behavior on the platform. We are particularly focused on prevention because we believe it is better to prevent harmful activity from happening than to detect it after the damage has happened.”
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