New Delhi: Elon Musk-run X Corp banned a record 5,06,173 accounts in India between January 26 and February 25, mostly for promoting pedophilia and non-consensual nudity. The micro-blogging platform, which is undergoing a churn under Musk, also removed 1,982 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform in the country. Overall, X banned 5,08,155 accounts in the period under review in the country. X said in its monthly report in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021 that it received 14,421 complaints from users in India in the same time frame through its grievance redressal mechanism.
Additionally, X processed 41 complaints that were appealing against account suspensions. “After reviewing the specifics of the situation, we reversed the suspension of 1 of these accounts. The remaining reported accounts remain suspended,” the company said. “We received 71 requests related to general questions about accounts during this reporting period,” it said. The majority of complaints from India were about ban evasion (7,510), followed by promoting suicide or self-harm (3,785), hateful conduct (1,395), and abuse/harassment (746). Between December 26 and January 25, X banned 2,31,215 accounts in India. The micro-blogging platform also removed 1,945 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform in the country.
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2024-03-12 19:34:58