The instant popular messaging platform, which has nearly 500 million users in the country, received another record 3,912 complaint reports in May in the country, and the records “actioned" were 297.
According to the latest report, more than 47 lakh Indian accounts were banned on WhatsApp in March 2023. These accounts were banned in compliance with Rule 4(1)(d) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
The account ban in February was higher than the number of accounts it barred in the preceding month. As per the report, WhatsApp had banned 2.9 million accounts in January, 3.6 million accounts in December and 3.7 million accounts in November.