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WhatsApp recent monthly reports reveal that the platform has banned more than 45 lakh Indian accounts after receiving grievances from users in India..
The report includes the number of accounts banned by the platform in the following month, grievances reports received from users and more..
The Meta-owned platform recently shared its user safety report revealing that more than 45 lakh Indian accounts were banned on WhatsApp in February 2023...
WhatsApp has banned these accounts of Indian users in compliance with Rule 4(1)(d) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021..
The report further states that out of the 4,597,400 banned accounts, around 1,298,000 were banned proactively by WhatsApp before receiving any reports from users...
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