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Removal and Enforcement Actions by Social Media Companies: Year and Month wise Number of Content Removed and Accounts Banned/Suspended by SSMIs and Violation Category

Dataset Overview

High Frequency Indicator: This dataset presents year and month wise enforcement actions taken by Significant Social Media Intermediaries (SSMIs) from 2021 to the present, compiled from the mandatory monthly transparency reports published under Rule 4(1)(d) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. It includes counts of content removed, accou...

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Number of Rows

5187

Number of Columns

10

Time Period

2021 to 2026

Sectors

Information Technology

Organisation

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Sources

WhatsApp Monthly India Reports

Twitter India Transparency Reports

Google Monthly Transparency Reports

Snapchat India Transparency & Data

ShareChat Transparency Reports

Koo App Monthly Compliance Reports

Meta Regulatory and Other Transparency Reports

+4

Update FrequencyUpdate Frequency At Source

Monthly

Last UpdatedLast Updated at Dataful

April, 2026

Granularity

Year, Month

Time Saved

5 hours

Units

value in absolute numbers

value in percentage

value in thousands

+1

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Social Media Grievance: Year- and Month-wise Number of Reports Received and Action Taken by X (Twitter)

Organisation

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Time Period

2021 to 2025

Social Media Grievance: Year- and Month-wise Number of Reports Received and Action Taken by Google

Organisation

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Time Period

2021 to 2026

Proactive Removal Action by Social Media Companies: Year- and Month-wise Number of Accounts Blocked, Contents Removed and other Actions Taken by SSMIs

Organisation

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Time Period

2021 to 2025

Data Preview

reporting_yearreporting_monthorganizationaction_as_per_sourceenforcement_typeproactive_flagtopicvalueunitsnotes
2026MarchWhatsAppProactively Banned AccountsAccount BannedProactiveAll13,76,357value in absolute number
2026MarchWhatsAppTotal Accounts BannedAccount BannedUnknownAll59,78,096value in absolute number
2026FebruaryWhatsAppProactively Banned AccountsAccount BannedProactiveAll13,86,846value in absolute number
2026FebruaryWhatsAppTotal Accounts BannedAccount BannedUnknownAll54,82,423value in absolute number
2026JanuaryWhatsAppProactively Banned AccountsAccount BannedProactiveAll19,83,760value in absolute number
2026JanuaryWhatsAppTotal Accounts BannedAccount BannedUnknownAll81,79,740value in absolute number
2026MarchGoogleNumber of removal actions as a result of automated detectionContent RemovedProactiveAll10,20,350value in absolute number
2026FebruaryGoogleNumber of removal actions as a result of automated detectionContent RemovedProactiveAll7,87,157value in absolute number
2026JanuaryGoogleNumber of removal actions as a result of automated detectionContent RemovedProactiveAll8,63,006value in absolute number
2026MarchThreadsProactive RateContent ActionedProactiveAdult Nudity and Sexual Activity98.8value in percentage

Metadata

NameNumber of Distinct ValuesNumber of Unique ValuesTypeCount
reporting_year60Number5187
reporting_month120Text5187
organization80Text5187
action_as_per_source212Text5187
enforcement_type40Text5187
proactive_flag20Text5187
topic431Text5187
value26092083Text4906
units60Text5187
notes32Text8

Related Datasets

Social Media Grievance: Year- and Month-wise Number of Reports Received and Action Taken by X (Twitter)

Organisation

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Time Period

2021 to 2025

Social Media Grievance: Year- and Month-wise Number of Reports Received and Action Taken by Google

Organisation

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Time Period

2021 to 2026

Proactive Removal Action by Social Media Companies: Year- and Month-wise Number of Accounts Blocked, Contents Removed and other Actions Taken by SSMIs

Organisation

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Time Period

2021 to 2025

Tags

whatsapp
twitter
snapchat
+10

Citation

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Removal and Enforcement Actions by Social Media Companies: Year and Month wise Number of Content Removed and Accounts Banned/Suspended by SSMIs and Violation Category [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/18652