New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp banned a file of over 74 lakh dangerous accounts in India within the month of April, in compliance with the brand new IT Rules 2021, the corporate mentioned on Thursday.
Between April 1 and April 30, “7,452,500 WhatsApp accounts were banned and 2,469,700 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users”, WhatsApp mentioned in its month-to-month compliance report.
The hottest messaging platform, which has practically 500 million customers within the nation, acquired one other file 4,377 criticism experiences in April within the nation, and the information “actioned” have been 234.
“This user-safety 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.
Moreover, the corporate talked about that the orders acquired from the Grievance Appellate Committee between April 1 and April 30 have been 2, and orders complied with have been additionally 2.
Meanwhile, in a bid to empower tens of millions of Indian social media customers, Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar lately 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 choices of social media platforms.
In a significant push in the direction of an open, secure, trusted and accountable Internet, the Ministry of Electronics and IT has notified some amendments aimed toward defending the rights of ‘Digital Nagriks’.
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