Thursday, 5 March, 2026
Over 2.2M Indian accounts banned by WhatsApp in September
By Basit Ansari
<p>WhatsApp, which released its compliance report for September, has stated that it banned 2,209,000 accounts in India, receiving 560 grievance reports. Over 95% of those accounts were banned for unauthorised automated or bulk messaging. Of the 560 reports received, 51 accounts were actioned on. Some accounts were reviewed, but not actioned on, as remedial action was taken instead, said the Facebook-owned instant messaging platform.</p>
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