If you have not changed your WhatsApp group settings yet, maybe it’s time to do it as it looks like the messaging platform is not going to be lenient to the users who are a part of suspicious or malicious sounding groups.
The first report about such an incident was reported by a Reddit user named Mowe11, who was banned by WhatsApp after his university group’s name was changed to child’s pornography. This lead to WhatsApp banning the entire group.
However, after one week, the user got access to his account with no reason given by the platform for the ban.
According to WABetaInfo, this is not the first case but there have been multiple instances of such cases that have been reported by users on Reddit.
According to Firstpost, a two-week investigation conducted by the Cyber Peace Foundation found that WhatsApp groups continue to be used to disseminate and share Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) in India.
The report also claimed,
Interesting to note that most of these groups have group icons that are obscene and sexual and don’t just show adults but even children in sexually explicit activity directly. This presents the potential for technical tools to identify and remove such groups.
To stop this from happening, you must change the group setting to ensure that only group admins have the right to change the group names.
