Over 2 million Indian accounts were banned by WhatsApp, while 528 grievance reports were received by the messaging platform in December 2021, according to its compliance report.
In its latest report, WhatsApp said 20,79,000 Indian accounts were banned on WhatsApp during the said period. An Indian account is identified via +91 phone number WhatsApp said.
Previously, the Meta-owned company had stated that more than 95 percent of bans are due to the unauthorised use of automated or bulk messaging (spam).
Over 1.75 million Indian accounts were banned by WhatsApp, while 602 grievance reports were received by the messaging platform in November.