WhatsApp Bans More Than 72 Lakh Bad Accounts In India In August

This user-safety report contains details of the user complaints received and the corresponding action taken by WhatsApp, the company said.

Meta-owned WhatsApp has banned more than 74 lakh bad accounts in India in August, which is around 2 lakh more than the total accounts it barred the previous month. These bad accounts were barred in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021. Between August 1-31, the company banned 7,420,748 accounts. Earlier in September, the Meta-owned messaging platform had banned 72.28 lakh accounts in India, including more than 3 lakh accounts which were barred proactively.

"We are an industry leader among end-to-end encrypted messaging services in preventing and combating abuse. In addition to our safety features and controls, we employ a team of engineers, data scientists, analysts, researchers, and experts in law enforcement, online safety, and technology developments to oversee these efforts," the Meta-owned company said in its "India Monthly Report" for October.

"This user-safety report contains details of the user complaints received and the corresponding action taken by WhatsApp, as well as WhatsApp's own preventive actions to combat abuse on our platform," the company added in the report.

Meanwhile, WhatsApp is working towards introducing a new interface with new colours and redesigned icons, among other changes. The changes will be introduced on WhatsApp for Android, as per WhatsApp tracking website Wabetainfo. The website posted several screenshots on its page where one can see key improvements to the WhatsApp interface, which will be rolled out via future updates. WhatsApp for Android will see newly designed new icons aimed to make the interface modern.

The world's most popular messaging platform is also going to do away with the green top banner in favour of a predominant green colour theme for both light and dark modes.