WhatsApp banned Over 71 Lakh Accounts in India, Policy Violations is Reason

Messaging platform WhatsApp banned more than 71 lakh accounts in India in November last year. WhatsApp, which is controlled by social media company Meta, said that it has banned more than 19 lakh accounts ‘proactively’, which means that these accounts have been blocked even before any user reports a policy violation.

The company’s monthly report published in compliance with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules states that about 71,96,000 accounts were banned in November last year. The company banned about 19,54,000 of these accounts without receiving any report of policy violation from the user. whatsapp ’s users are allowed to report accounts that violate the company’s policies. It also uses its own systems to identify accounts that violate such policies.

in November last year Company The Grievance Officer of WhatsApp had received six requests. One of these was related to the appeal against the ban and the rest were for support. Along with this, the company received 8,841 grievances and it complied with 8 orders given by the Grievance Appellate Committee. In the previous month, WhatsApp had received a total of 9,063 reports. Of these, the maximum 4,771 were for appeal against the ban. Other reports were related to account support, product support and safety. The company received five orders from the Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) in October. All of these were complied with. Indian accounts on WhatsApp are identified by the country code ‘+91’.

Recently a new feature of WhatsApp Channels was launched. This is a one-way broadcast tool. This means that whoever creates his own WhatsApp channel can send information related to himself to his followers. However, followers cannot communicate directly with him. Text, photos, videos, stickers and polls can be sent through WhatsApp channel. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also associated with this feature. His channel is followed by millions of users. This feature can be an important way for politicians to connect with people before the Lok Sabha elections to be held this year.