Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: WhatsApp banned some 70 million accounts in India between January and November 2023, according to the messaging app’s monthly reports.
Meta-owned WhatsApp said for Lok Sabha elections it is “actively investigating” all reports of fraud and illicit telemarketing to comply with Rule 4(1)(d) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021).
According to WhatsApp, “the reports are published in accordance with Rule 4(1)(d) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021).”