<p>Meta-owned WhatsApp banned 74 lakh accounts in August, keeping in line with IT rules, according to the latest India monthly report by the messaging platform.</p>.<p> Of these, 35 lakh accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users.</p>.Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's personal WhatsApp channel goes live.<p>The 'user-safety report' contains details of user complaints received and the corresponding action taken by WhatsApp, as well as WhatsApp's own preventive actions to combat abuse on the platform.</p>.<p> "Between August 1 and August 31, a total of 7,420,748 WhatsApp accounts were banned. 3,506,905 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users," it said.</p>.<p> An Indian account is identified via a +91 phone number. </p>
<p>Meta-owned WhatsApp banned 74 lakh accounts in August, keeping in line with IT rules, according to the latest India monthly report by the messaging platform.</p>.<p> Of these, 35 lakh accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users.</p>.Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's personal WhatsApp channel goes live.<p>The 'user-safety report' contains details of user complaints received and the corresponding action taken by WhatsApp, as well as WhatsApp's own preventive actions to combat abuse on the platform.</p>.<p> "Between August 1 and August 31, a total of 7,420,748 WhatsApp accounts were banned. 3,506,905 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users," it said.</p>.<p> An Indian account is identified via a +91 phone number. </p>