Elon Musk’s X Banned Over 23 Lakh Accounts In India In Last Two Months: Here’s Why – News18

Elon Musk-run X Corp (previously Twitter) has banned a document 23,95,495 accounts within the ‘June-July’ interval in India, principally for selling little one sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity.

Between May 26 and June 25, X banned 5,44,473 accounts in India.

The micro-blogging platform additionally took down 1,772 accounts for selling terrorism on its platform within the nation.

X, in its month-to-month report in compliance with the brand new IT Rules, 2021, stated that it acquired 3,340 complaints from customers in India in the identical time-frame by means of its grievance redressal mechanisms.

The report got here a few week late because it didn’t seem on the portal on the primary day of the month.

X Transparency usually posts the report on the primary day of the month, like different social media platforms like Meta and WhatsApp.

“Looks like this web page doesn’t exist. Here’s an image of a poodle sitting in a chair on your bother,” learn the message when clicked on the IT Rules report for the May-June 2023 interval.

Moreover, between June 26 and July 25, X banned 1,851,022 accounts and also took down 2,865 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform in the country.

The microblogging platform received 2,056 complaints from users in India in the same time frame through its grievance redressal mechanisms.

In addition, X processed 49 grievances which were appealing account suspensions between June 26 and July 25.

“We overturned 1 of these account suspensions after reviewing the specifics of the situation. The remaining reported accounts remain suspended,” stated the corporate.

“We acquired 14 requests associated to basic questions on Twitter accounts throughout this reporting interval,” it added.

Most complaints from India were about abuse/harassment (1,783), followed by hateful conduct (54), privacy infringement (48), and child sexual exploitation (46).

Under the new IT Rules 2021, big digital and social media platforms, with more than 5 million users, have to publish monthly compliance reports.

(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – IANS)