Bengaluru - WhatsApp has banned 2.39 million Indian accounts in the month of July 2022, the highest so far this year. The Meta owned  instant messaging app stated the figures in its monthly report on Thursday.

As per India’s stricter IT laws it has become mandatory for large digital platforms to publish compliance reports every month.

It was proposed to set up a panel to hear user appeals in the Draft Rules circulated in the month of June. It was said that significant social media messaging platforms shall allow identification of the first originator of information if directed by courts to do so

Of the accounts barred, 1.42 million were "proactively banned," before any reports from users.

Based on complaints received through the company's grievances channel several accounts were banned as well as the tools and resources it uses to detect such offenses, the social media platform said. In July, WhatsApp received a total of 574 grievance reports.

About 2.21 million accounts were taken away in India in the month of June this year. Theses platform were widely used to propagate fake news and hate speech in the country.

The messsaging platform, criticised earlier for spreading fake news and hate speech in the country and in other parts the world, had taken down 2.21 million accounts in India in June.