WhatsApp cracks down on fraudulent accounts in India, bans over 75 lakh in October

In October, WhatsApp banned a record-breaking 75 lakh fraudulent accounts in India by the new IT Rules 2021. The corporation banned “7,548,000 accounts” between October 1 and October 1.

Before any user reports, WhatsApp proactively banned over 1,919,000 of these accounts, according to its monthly compliance report.

#WhatsApp banned a record over 75 lakh bad accounts in India in month of October, in compliance with new IT Rules 2021. Between October 1-31, company banned "7,548,000 accounts".

About 1,919,000 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users, WhatsApp… pic.twitter.com/Tm2OqZMtsc
— IANS (@ians_india) December 2, 2023

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