WhatsApp bans more than 18 lakh accounts in India

WhatsApp has banned 1.85 million accounts in India in March 2022

Meta said in its latest User Safety Monthly Report about banning the WhatsApp accounts

WhatsApp showed that it banned 1,805,000 accounts in India between March 1 and March 31, 2022

WhatsApp banned the accounts for violating the Indian laws and WhatsApp terms of services

WhatsApp uses its Abuse Detection feature to ban accounts

Abuse detection operates at 3 stages of an account’s lifestyle: at registration, during messaging, & in response to negative feedback

WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will allow users to see people’s WhatsApp status directly from chats

The new feature will make people’s Status on WhatsApp more visible