WhatsApp banned over 7 million accounts in November over policy violation

Meta-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp banned more than 7.1 million user accounts in the month of November 2023. In its India Monthly Report published on January 1, WhatsApp disclosed that 7,196,000 accounts were banned between November 1 and November 30. Of these, 1,954,000 were banned proactively, before they were reported by users.

The monthly report stated that a total of 8,841 user reports were filed with the grievance officer, out of which 4,613 were raised to ban accounts. WhatsApp said it had received eight orders from India’s Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) and it had complied with all orders. GAC was formed in February last year by the Ministry of State for Electronics and Information Technology to address concerns related to social media platforms.