WhatsApp bans over 4.7 million accounts in March; says all 3 GAC orders complied with

Meta-owned WhatsApp banned over 4.7 million accounts in March, higher than the number of accounts it barred in the preceding month, and it received and complied with three orders from the Grievance Appellate Committee during March.

WhatsApp banned over 4.5 million accounts in February, 2.9 million accounts in January, 3.6 million accounts in December and 3.7 million accounts in November.

The platform disclosed it complied with all three orders received from the newly-constituted Grievance Appellate Committee, between March 1-31, 2023. It, however, did not give further details on this.

The monthly user-safety report contains details of the user complaints received and the corresponding action taken by WhatsApp, as well as WhatsApp’s own preventive actions to combat abuse on the platform.