New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp banned greater than 29 lakh accounts in India within the month of January, a determine that’s drastically decrease than 36.77 lakh accounts it blocked within the nation in December final 12 months, in compliance with the brand new IT Rules 2021.
Between January 1 and January 31, “2,918,000 WhatsApp accounts were banned. 1,038,000 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users,” the corporate mentioned in its month-to-month compliance report.
The hottest messaging platform, which has almost 500 million customers within the nation, obtained 1,461 criticism experiences in January within the nation, and the information “actioned” had been 195.
“This report contains details of the user complaints received and the corresponding action taken by WhatsApp, as well as WhatsApp’s own preventive actions to combat abuse on our platform,” mentioned an organization spokesperson.
Meanwhile, in a bid to empower tens of millions of Indian social media customers, (*29*) of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Tuesday launched the Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) that can look into their considerations relating to content material and different points.
The newly-formed panel, a transfer to strengthen the nation’s digital legal guidelines to tame the Big Tech corporations, will look into appeals by customers towards selections of social media platforms.
The IT Ministry final month notified to ascertain three Grievance Appellate Committees (GACs) as required underneath the just lately amended IT Rules, 2021.
In a significant push in the direction of an open, protected, trusted and accountable Internet, the Ministry of Electronics and IT has notified some amendments aimed toward defending the rights of ‘Digital Nagriks’.
