Many of the accounts were linked to criminal groups operating in South East Asia, the messaging app said.

The company announced that it took down over 6.8 million WhatsApp accounts linked to criminal scam centers targeting people around the world.

Many of the accounts were linked to criminal groups operating in South East Asia, the messaging app said.

SAN FRANCISCO: Meta on Tuesday said it shut nearly seven million WhatsApp accounts linked to scammers in the first half of this year and is ramping up safeguards against such…

WhatsApp has taken down 6.8 million accounts linked to scammers around the world, Meta said.