Whatsapp proactively banned over 36 lakhs accounts in India

Between December 1 and December 31, 3,677,000 WhatsApp accounts were banned, and 1,389,000 of these accounts were proactively banned before any reports from users, said the company.

The messaging platform, which has more than 400 million users in the country, received 1,607 complaint reports in December in the country, and the records ‘actioned’ were 166.

“In accordance with the IT Rules 2021, we have published our report for December 2022. “According to the latest Monthly Report, WhatsApp banned over 3.6 million accounts in the month of December,” a WhatsApp spokesperson said.

Major digital and social media platforms with more than 5 million users are required to publish monthly compliance reports under the updated IT Rules 2021.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Electronics and IT has notified some amendments aimed at protecting the rights of ‘Digital Nagriks’ as part of a major push towards an open, safe, trusted, and accountable Internet.

The amendments impose a legal obligation on intermediaries to take reasonable efforts to prevent users from uploading such content.