WhatsApp bans more than 6.5 million accounts in India under new IT rules

The Meta-owned instant messaging app, WhatsApp, has announced that it has taken action against over 6.5 million problematic accounts in India during the month of May, in adherence to the new IT Rules 2021.

Out of these 6.5 million accounts, around 2.4 million accounts were proactively banned even before receiving user reports.

WhatsApp, which is one of the most popular messaging applications and has more than 500 million users in India, banned 7.4 million accounts in the month of April.