WhatsApp bans over 47 lakh Indian accounts in March, greater than month earlier than

“Between March 1, 2023 and March 31, 2023, 4,715,906 WhatsApp accounts were banned. 1,659,385 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users,” the report stated.

The India Month-to-month Report, which is revealed complying with the Data Technology (Middleman Tips and Digital Media Ethics Code) Guidelines, 2021, accommodates particulars of complaints obtained from customers and following motion taken by WhatsApp. The platform has additionally complied with all three orders obtained from the newly-formed Grievance Appellate Committee within the final month. Nevertheless, it did not disclose additional particulars on the orders.

The variety of accounts banned in March is greater than February, which was over 4.5 million adopted by 2.9 million in January, 3.6 million in December final 12 months and three.7 million in November 2022.

“Over the years, we have consistently invested in Artificial Intelligence and other state of the art technology, data scientists and experts, and in processes, in order to keep our users safe on our platform,” stated a WhatsApp spokesperson.

As many as 4,720 grievance reviews have been obtained final month by which over 4,300 have been associated to ‘ban appeal’, based on the report.

Month-to-month compliance reviews, mentioning particulars of grievances obtained and motion taken, have been made necessary beneath the IT guidelines for digital platforms with over 50 lakh customers.

Equally, GAC mechanism has been launched by the central authorities which permits customers to attraction in opposition to the choices taken by social media platforms. They’ll file complaints on-line in opposition to the grievance officer of an middleman reminiscent of Meta or Twitter.