DelhiDesk: WhatsApp has banned 36 lakh (3.6 million) mobile connections in India in an effort to tackle scam call fraud. Union Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that WhatsApp has agreed to deactivate services linked to any mobile phone number engaged in fraudulent activities. The move comes after reports of a huge increase in incoming international spam calls in India, with users receiving calls from numbers with country codes belonging to Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Kenya, and Ethiopia. WhatsApp has sharpened its AI and machine learning systems to reduce fake calls, and expects to reduce the current calling rate by at least 50%.
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👉 WhatsApp has banned 36 lakh mobile connections in India to check scam call fraud.
👉 Union Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnav disclosed this during the all India launch of the Sanchar Saathi website of the Department of Telecom.
👉 Meta-owned WhatsApp has agreed to deactivate services linked to any mobile phone number engaged in fraudulent activities.
👉 36 lakh mobile connections have been disconnected for fraud and their WhatsApp accounts have been blocked.
👉 WhatsApp users in India have reported a huge increase in incoming international spam calls.
👉 Several users have complained about receiving spam calls with country codes belonging to Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Kenya, and Ethiopia.
👉 WhatsApp has sharpened its AI and machine learning systems to reduce fake calls.
👉 The new enforcement is expected to reduce the current calling rate by at least 50 percent.
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