The global average number of accounts that WhatsApp bans to prevent abuse on its platform is around 8 million accounts per month.
About two million Indian were by, while 420 grievance reports were received by the messaging platform in, according to its compliance report. In its latest report released on Tuesday, WhatsApp said 20,70,000 Indian accounts were banned on WhatsApp during the said period. An Indian account is identified via a +91 phone number, it added. Previously, the Facebook-owned company had stated that more than 95% of bans are due to the unauthorised use of automated or bulk messaging (spam). The global average number of accounts that WhatsApp bans to prevent abuse on its platform is around 8 million accounts per month. WhatsApp, in its latest report, said it received 420 user reports spanning across account support (105), appeal (222), other support (34), product support (42) and safety (17) during August.
