Twitter X banned more than 23 lakh accounts, this is the main reason behind it

Elon Musk-run X Corp (formerly Twitter) banned a record 23,95,495 accounts in India in the month of June-July. This mostly includes accounts promoting child sexual abuse and non-consensual nudity.

Between May 26 and June 25, X banned 5,44,473 accounts in India. The micro-blogging platform also removed 1,772 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform in the country. X has given this information in its monthly report in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021.

The report has come late by about a week due to non-availability on the portal on the first day of the month. Like other social media platforms such as Meta and WhatsApp, X Transparency usually posts reports on the first day of the month.

In addition, between June 26 and July 25, X banned 1,851,022 accounts and removed 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 mechanism.

X processed 49 complaints between June 26 and July 25 that were appealing account suspensions. Most complaints from India were about abuse/harassment (1,783), followed by bad conduct (54), breach of privacy (48), and child sexual abuse (46). Under the new IT Rules 2021, large digital and social media platforms with more than 5 million users will have to publish monthly compliance reports.

Elon Musk is going to bring another new feature for the users. The company is working on a new feature that will allow users to shorten posts on their profiles. According to the new feature, users will be able to customize the posts which have been liked the most. The company has said that it will continue to develop this feature to improve it.