Meta-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday said it banned over 26 lakh accounts in India in the month of September in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021, which are now being amended to put more responsibilities on social media platforms.
In July, WhatsApp received 574 grievance reports from India, and the platform took action on 27 of them. Out of the 574 grievance reports received in July, 392 reports were for 'ban appeal', and the others were under categories like account, product, other support and safety.