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WhatsApp blocked the accounts of millions of Indians

 California: Mobile messaging application WhatsApp blocked accounts with millions of India numbers in the month of August.

On Saturday, Meta's subsidiary said that in the month of August, the company blocked 2.328 thousand accounts. However, this number is lower than the number of accounts blocked in July.

In its monthly report, WhatsApp said that from August 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022, 23 lakh 28 thousand WhatsApp accounts were blocked. Among them, 10 lakh 8 thousand accounts were suspended before complaints were received by users.

In June, WhatsApp blocked more than 2.2 million Indian accounts through its violation detection system and complaint submission channel.

Earlier, 1.9 lakh accounts were blocked in May, 1.6 lakh in April and 1.85 lakh in March.

Tougher cyber laws enacted last year require major digital platforms (those with more than 5 million users) to publish a monthly compliance report detailing complaints received and actions taken. Have been told about.