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Following the new IT rules, Meta-owned WhatsApp banned more than 22 lakh WhatsApp accounts in India in the month of June. The platform received a total of 632 complaints, out of which action was taken on 64. These facts have been revealed in the ‘India Monthly Report under the Information Technology Rules, 2021’. In a statement, a company spokesperson said WhatsApp is the industry leader in preventing abuse among end-to-end encrypted messaging services. Over the past few years, we have invested in high-tech technologies, data scientists and experts, and processes ranging from artificial intelligence to keeping users safe on our platform.

The company has taken action on some accounts for violating Indian laws and WhatsApp terms of service. In its report, WhatsApp has told about this action. According to a media report, the platform has banned 2.2 million or more than 22 lakh accounts in India in June. It has been told in the report that 426 requests and 16 complaints were made to ban the account due to security reasons. After this action was taken on 64 accounts.

How does WhatsApp deal with abuse? Under this, it has been told in the report that in addition to responding and taking action on the complaints of the users, WhatsApp also deploys such tools and resources on its platform, which prevent wrong behavior.

WhatsApp says that abuse detection using its tools operates in three phases: during registration, during messaging and in response to negative feedback. According to WhatsApp, a team of analysts evaluates these functions.

For any complaints from WhatsApp, users can email [email protected] Apart from this, you can also report suspicious accounts through the app. Earlier in March, WhatsApp had banned more than 1.85 million (18 lakh) accounts.