74 Lakh Whatsapp Accounts Banned in India in August, Know Why

By- Shivanshi Srivastava

3,506,905 WhatsApp accounts were proactively barred, before any reports from users

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It further added, " We employ a team of engineers, data scientists, analysts, researchers, and experts in law enforcement, online safety, and technology developments to oversee these efforts."

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Accounts Actioned' denotes reports the company took remedial action based on the report

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Accounts are banned or restored based on the basis of complaint

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The company in the report said, "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."

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Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) mechanism launched by the government allows users to appeal against decisions of social media platforms by filing their complaints on a new portal

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The GAC, in effect, is an online dispute resolution mechanism, and users aggrieved by a decision of the Grievance Officer of an intermediary, say Meta or Twitter, can file their appeal or complaint through the new portal

WhatsApp is redesigning the chat interface on the Android version of its application

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