WhatsApp banned more than 2.2 million (2,210,000) Indian accounts in June after users reported abusive content. It banned more than 1.9 million accounts in May and over 1.6 million in April.
In the report WhatsApp said, “We are particularly focused on prevention because we believe it is much better to stop harmful activity from happening in the first place than to detect it after harm has occurred.”
“WhatsApp is an industry leader in preventing abuse, among end-to-end encrypted messaging services. Over the years, we have consistently invested in Artificial Intelligence and other state-of-the-art technology, data scientists and experts, and processes, in order to keep our users safe on our platform. In accordance with the IT Rules 2021, we’ve published our report for the month of June 2022.” said WhatsApp.
WhatsApp said its grievance officer received 632 complaints in June 2022, while it has banned 64 accounts after the review of the complaints. According to market data firm Statista, there are more than 487 million WhatsApp users in India.
The abuse detection operates at three stages of an account’s lifestyle: at registration, during messaging, and in response to negative feedback, which are received in the form of user reports and blocks. A team of analysts works closely with the system to evaluate different situations.
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