Some users have reported getting banned on WhatsApp
unexpectedly. The users had reported that they were logged out of their
accounts when they tried to access the app. The bans can be only be imposed if
the user has breached the terms of conditions of the Facebook-owned messaging
app but in most cases, no such thing ever happened. However, users can drop a
mail to the company if they think they are wrongly banned by the company. WhatsApp
often bans accounts that send bulk or automated messages. As per a report by
Wabetainfo, WhatsApp bans over 2.5 million accounts per month because of bulk
and automated messages. You can also be permanently banned by the messaging app
if your number has been used for suspicious activities. “WhatsApp bans accounts
that use their service intensively, for example, if the account sends a lot of
messages within a certain amount of time. Don’t worry, WhatsApp introduced a
limit that’s really impossible to reach for a human. If an account reached the
limit, it means it’s not a human, but it’s an automated system,” the report
states.
The rollout of WhatsApp’s new privacy policy, which critics
warn will lead to more data sharing with its parent company Facebook, received
a blow on May 13 after German regulators temporarily banned the update. The
regulators are now said to be seeking a European Union-wide ban by presenting
their case to the European Data Protection Board. WhatsApp users will have
noticed a recent intensification of pop-ups nudging them to agree to the app’s
new terms of service. The cliff-edge deadline for users to accept these new
terms – with WhatsApp announcing that those who failed to do so would lose
functionality on the app – had been set for Saturday, May 15. That deadline was
recently moved forward by “several weeks”. This extension comes after WhatsApp
was forced to scrap its initial February deadline in response to a global
backlash against the Facebook subsidiary’s take-it-or-leave-it policy change.
Since then, WhatsApp has sought to reassure users that its commitment to
end-to-end encryption and user privacy is as strong as ever.
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