Elon Musk-run X Corp (previously Twitter) has banned a file 23,95,495 accounts within the ‘June-July’ interval in India, principally for selling youngster sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity. Between Could 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 Guidelines, 2021, mentioned 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 sometimes posts the report on the primary day of the month, like different social media platforms like Meta and WhatsApp.
“Appears to be like like this web page doesn’t exist. Right here’s an image of a poodle sitting in a chair on your bother,” learn the message when clicked on the IT Guidelines report for the Could-June 2023 interval.
Furthermore, between June 26 and July 25, X banned 1,851,022 accounts and likewise took down 2,865 accounts for selling terrorism on its platform within the nation. The microblogging platform acquired 2,056 complaints from customers in India in the identical time-frame by means of its grievance redressal mechanisms.
As well as, X processed 49 grievances which had been interesting account suspensions between June 26 and July 25.
“We overturned 1 of those account suspensions after reviewing the specifics of the state of affairs. The remaining reported accounts stay suspended,” mentioned the corporate.
“We acquired 14 requests associated to normal questions on Twitter accounts throughout this reporting interval,” it added.
Most complaints from India had been about abuse/harassment (1,783), adopted by hateful conduct (54), privateness infringement (48), and youngster sexual exploitation (46). Beneath the brand new IT Guidelines 2021, huge digital and social media platforms, with greater than 5 million customers, must publish month-to-month compliance stories.
— IANS
