New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp introduced on Monday that it had banned greater than 76 lakh accounts in India in February, in compliance with the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

During the interval from February 1 to 29, 7,628,000 WhatsApp accounts have been banned, with 1,424,000 of those accounts being proactively banned earlier than any person studies, as said in the corporate’s month-to-month compliance report.

The messaging platform, with over 500 million customers in the nation, obtained a document 16,618 criticism studies in February, with 22 actions taken in response. (Also Read: ‘Don’t Be A Fanboy’: boAt Takes On Apple In Its New Ad Campaign; Here’s How Netizens React)

“Accounts Actioned” refers to studies the place WhatsApp took remedial motion based mostly on the report, which may both outcome in banning an account or restoring a beforehand banned account.

“We address all grievances received unless they are deemed duplicates of previous tickets. An account is ‘actioned’ when it is either banned or a previously banned account is restored due to a complaint,” the corporate defined.

During January 1-31, the corporate had banned “6,728,000 accounts,” with about 1,358,000 of those being proactively banned earlier than person studies. (Also Read: Microsoft To Unbundle Teams With Office 365 And Microsoft 365 Amid EU Probe)

WhatsApp highlighted that in addition to security options and controls, they’ve a group comprising engineers, knowledge scientists, analysts, researchers, and specialists in legislation enforcement, on-line security, and expertise to supervise these efforts.