WhatsApp bans over 3.6 million accounts in December

Meta Inc-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp said on Wednesday that it banned over 3.67 million bad accounts between December 1 and December 31, down marginally from the previous month when it had banned over 3.72 million accounts.

Of the total accounts banned in December, WhatsApp said 1.38 million accounts were proactively banned, meaning it was done before any reports from users.