WhatsApp, a Meta-owned instant messaging platform said that it will ban more than 76 lakh accounts in India in February (2024), in compliance with the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
Between the February 1-29 period, it was reported that around 7,628,000 WhatsApp accounts were banned and 1,424,000 of these accounts were proactively banned before any reports were witnessed from the users- the company stated in its monthly compliance report.