WhatsApp received another record 2,804 complaint reports in February.
Between February 1 and February 28, “4,597,400 WhatsApp accounts were banned and of these, 1,298,000 accounts were actively banned.
Metap-owned popular instant messaging application WhatsApp recently announced that the company banned over 45 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of February in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021.
Between February 1 and February 28, WhatsApp said in its monthly compliance report, “4,597,400 WhatsApp accounts were banned and of these, 1,298,000 accounts were actively banned.”
The instantly popular messaging platform, which has nearly 500 million users in the country, received another record 2,804 complaint reports in February in the country, and a record “action taken” 504.
“This user-safety report includes details of user complaints received and the actions taken by WhatsApp, as well as WhatsApp’s own preventive actions to deal with abuse on our platform. We strive to be transparent in our work,” a company spokesperson said. Will continue and include information about our efforts in future reports.
Social media platforms, including Twitter, on Friday banned a record 682,420 accounts promoting child sexual abuse and non-consensual nudity in India between January 26 and February 25. The micro-blogging platform run by Elon Musk removed 1,548 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform. in country.
Twitter, in its monthly report on compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021, said it received just 73 complaints from users in India in the same time-frame through its grievance redressal mechanism. In addition, Twitter acted on 27 complaints appealing account suspensions.
After reviewing the specifics of the situation, we have revoked 10 of these account suspensions. The remaining reported accounts remain suspended. We received 24 requests regarding general questions about Twitter accounts during this reporting period.”
Under the new IT Rules 2021, large digital and social media platforms with more than 5 million users will have to publish monthly compliance reports.
Meanwhile, Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar recently launched the Grievance Appeal Committee (GAC), which will look into their concerns regarding content and other issues.
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