WhatsApp bans over 47 lakh Indian accounts in March, higher than month before

Over 4.7 million WhatsApp accounts have been banned in India in last month followed by the ‘negative feedback’ received from users, according to a monthly report published by the Meta-owned instant messaging platform. More than 1.6 million of these accounts were proactively banned without any reports being registered from users.

“Between March 1, 2023 and March 31, 2023, 4,715,906 WhatsApp accounts were banned. 1,659,385 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users,” the report said.