Elon Musk-owned X (previously Twitter) banned 12,80,107 accounts in India between July 26 and August 25, the corporate introduced in its month-to-month report. The accounts had been banned largely for selling baby sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity.
In line with the corporate, it took down 2,307 accounts for selling terrorism on its platform within the nation. In complete, X banned 12,82,414 accounts within the reporting interval in India, the corporate mentioned in its month-to-month report it printed in compliance with the brand new IT Guidelines, 2021.
Beneath the IT Guidelines 2021, social media platforms which have greater than 5 million customers need to publish month-to-month compliance experiences.
The corporate obtained 1,467 complaints from customers in India in the identical time-frame by way of its grievance redressal mechanisms in the course of the July-August month timeframe. As well as, X processed 78 grievances which had been interesting account suspensions.
“We overturned 10 of those account suspensions after reviewing the specifics of the scenario. The remaining reported accounts stay suspended,” mentioned the corporate.
“We obtained 10 requests associated to common questions on Twitter accounts throughout this reporting interval,” it added.
Twitter mentioned it processed 4 grievances which had been interesting account suspensions.
What had been the complaints about
Most complaints from India had been about abuse/harassment (1,267), adopted by hateful conduct (62), baby sexual exploitation (43), and privateness infringement (27).
Within the ‘June-July’ interval, X Corp banned a file 23,95,495 accounts, and between Might 26 and June 25, the corporate banned 5,44,473 accounts in India. It additionally took down 1,772 accounts for selling terrorism on its platform within the nation.
In line with the corporate, it took down 2,307 accounts for selling terrorism on its platform within the nation. In complete, X banned 12,82,414 accounts within the reporting interval in India, the corporate mentioned in its month-to-month report it printed in compliance with the brand new IT Guidelines, 2021.
Beneath the IT Guidelines 2021, social media platforms which have greater than 5 million customers need to publish month-to-month compliance experiences.
The corporate obtained 1,467 complaints from customers in India in the identical time-frame by way of its grievance redressal mechanisms in the course of the July-August month timeframe. As well as, X processed 78 grievances which had been interesting account suspensions.
“We overturned 10 of those account suspensions after reviewing the specifics of the scenario. The remaining reported accounts stay suspended,” mentioned the corporate.
“We obtained 10 requests associated to common questions on Twitter accounts throughout this reporting interval,” it added.
Twitter mentioned it processed 4 grievances which had been interesting account suspensions.
What had been the complaints about
Most complaints from India had been about abuse/harassment (1,267), adopted by hateful conduct (62), baby sexual exploitation (43), and privateness infringement (27).
Within the ‘June-July’ interval, X Corp banned a file 23,95,495 accounts, and between Might 26 and June 25, the corporate banned 5,44,473 accounts in India. It additionally took down 1,772 accounts for selling terrorism on its platform within the nation.