owned by meta whatsapp ban Record more than 45 lakh accounts in India in the month of February. The company informed in its India monthly report that these accounts were banned in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021. Instant messaging platform WhatsApp shares these numbers every month as part of what it is required to submit under its monthly user security report Mediator Guidelines And Digital Media Code of Conduct Rules2021. According to the report, between February 1 and February 28, “4,597,400 WhatsApp accounts were banned and of these, 1,298,000 accounts were actively banned, before any reports from users,” according to WhatsApp’s monthly compliance report. said in the report.
Number of complaints received
WhatsApp received another record 2,804 complaint reports in the country in February, and “action taken” records were 504. action so far‘ indicates reports where we took corrective action based on the report. Taking action means either banning an account or reinstating an account that was previously banned as a result of the complaint.
“This user-safety report includes details on user complaints received and actions taken by WhatsApp, as well as WhatsApp’s own preventive actions to deal with abuse on our platform,” a company spokesperson said. “We will continue to be transparent in our work and will include information about our efforts in future reports,” the spokesperson said.
Users can also report abuse or harmful content through the app
Security complaints are related to issues that may occur regarding abuse or harmful behavior on the Platform. For such complaints, WhatsApp guides the user to report the complaint through in-app reporting. This allows WhatsApp to receive the latest messages sent by the reported user or group to the complainant, as well as the complainant’s recent interactions with the reported user. As per our procedures, this is not recorded as an action taken against the complaint report.
Number of complaints received
WhatsApp received another record 2,804 complaint reports in the country in February, and “action taken” records were 504. action so far‘ indicates reports where we took corrective action based on the report. Taking action means either banning an account or reinstating an account that was previously banned as a result of the complaint.
“This user-safety report includes details on user complaints received and actions taken by WhatsApp, as well as WhatsApp’s own preventive actions to deal with abuse on our platform,” a company spokesperson said. “We will continue to be transparent in our work and will include information about our efforts in future reports,” the spokesperson said.
Users can also report abuse or harmful content through the app
Security complaints are related to issues that may occur regarding abuse or harmful behavior on the Platform. For such complaints, WhatsApp guides the user to report the complaint through in-app reporting. This allows WhatsApp to receive the latest messages sent by the reported user or group to the complainant, as well as the complainant’s recent interactions with the reported user. As per our procedures, this is not recorded as an action taken against the complaint report.