Meta-owned WhatsApp has said that it banned more than 66 lakh accounts in India in May for violating the laws of the land. Out of 6,620,000 banned WhatsApp accounts, 1,255,000 were blocked, before any reports from users.

According to the IANS report, which is required to be published by social media companies under the Indian IT Rules 2021, the instant messaging platform received 13,367 grievances from the country

WhatsApp, which has more than 550 million users in India, said that the records “actioned” were just 31. The account “Actioned” means complaints where WhatsApp took remedial action.

Moreover, WhatsApp also received 11 orders from the Grievance Appellate Committee in the country and complied with both.

“We will continue with transparency to our work and include information about our efforts in future reports,” the company added.

This comes as the Meta-owned platform banned more than 71 lakh accounts in the country in April. At that time, it received a record 10,554 complaint reports in March, and the records “actioned” were 11.

“We enable users to block contacts and to report problematic content and contacts to us from inside the app. We pay close attention to user feedback and engage with specialists in stemming misinformation, promoting cybersecurity, and preserving election integrity,” said WhatsApp.

Recently, the company announced that it removed over 15.6 million pieces of content across 13 policies for Facebook and more than 5.8 million pieces of content across 12 policies for Instagram in India in May for violating the company policies.

“We measure the number of pieces of content (such as posts, photos, videos, or comments) we take action for going against our standards,” Meta said in its monthly report.