Meta-Owned WhatsApp banned 2.3 million Indian accounts in July

In the month of July, Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp banned 2.3 million Indian accounts for violating guidelines and norms. The messaging app proactively blocked 1.4 million accounts, while the remaining 971,00 accounts were reported by users.

The cited data is part of WhatsApp’s monthly compliance report, which the messaging platform publishes in accordance with the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. In July, 574 Indian accounts were reported, but the messaging platform only took action against 27 of them. 392 accounts were flagged for ban appeals, 116 were reported for account support, 44 were reported for product support (21) and safety (13), and 21 were reported for other support.