Wechat It has blocked the accounts of 2 million users on its app to prevent spam on its messaging platform.
The company disclosed the closure of the account in its first compliance report issued under India’s new information technology regulations that took effect in May.
Under the new regulations, social media companies such as WhatsApp are required to publish monthly compliance reports detailing the number of complaints they have received from Indian users and the actions they have taken to correct the problem.
According to reports, WhatsApp, its owner Facebook (FB), stating that more than 95% of the 2 million accounts it blocked between May 15 and June 15 were banned due to spam. CNN Report. According to news media reports, it also stated in its report that they had blocked these accounts “due to unauthorized use of automatic or bulk messaging.”
WhatsApp suspended these accounts to prevent the mass sending of harmful or unwanted messages, which it said is the company’s “primary concern”. British Broadcasting Corporation Say. According to a BBC report, this messaging app uses advanced machine learning technology to identify Indian accounts with +91 phone numbers.
In a statement obtained by CNN on Thursday, WhatsApp stated: “Since 2019, these numbers have increased significantly because our systems have become more complex. Remember, we have voluntarily banned the vast majority of these accounts, It does not rely on any user reports.”
The statement went on to say that the company blocks an average of 8 million accounts worldwide every month.
According to CNN, in India, the app has more than 400 million users and 2 billion users worldwide. India is the largest market for the WhatsApp social media platform.
WhatsApp has sued the Indian government for its requirement to provide monthly compliance reports, saying it fears that it may require it to track every message sent on the platform, thereby ending its guarantee of user privacy.
However, the Indian government claims that these rules are designed to prevent abuse among users and the spread of misinformation.
In 2018, tens of thousands of WhatsApp users received false information to incite mob violence in India, leading to a series of deaths in the country.
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