WhatsApp in India took action on 5.34 pc of total grievances received in April, blocks 74.5 lakh accounts

New Delhi: Mobile messaging platform WhastApp took action on about 5 per cent grievances it received in April, the company’s India monthly report under IT rules said on Thursday. WhatsApp blocked 74,52,500 Indian accounts in April out of which 2,469,700 were proactively banned, before any reports from users, said the report.

The company received 4,377 complaints from users in April.

However, it took action on only 234 complaints or about 5 per cent of the total complaints.

The statistics shared by WhatsApp shows that it received 4,100 appeals to ban accounts, out of which it took action only on 223 accounts.