WhatsApp is one of the most used applications in the world. The instant messaging service has revolutionized the way we communicate, and now it is more common to send a “whats” than to phone or send an SMS.
But another of the very common practices in WhatsApp is the creation of groups for everything, the workgroup, the family, the high school friends, the classroom parents, etc. These types of things are not very recommended because your number and profile picture are accessible to strangers because suddenly you are added to a group with 50 more people you do not know and are exposed to all kinds of things.
WhatsApp and pedophilia: there are no games here
This is what a user portrayed in Reddit, who explained that a subject in a WhatsApp group changed the name of the university group to “Child Pornography”, and in a short time, all the users of the group were banned from WhatsApp.
That is, the accounts of all the members of the group had been blocked for violating the terms and conditions of the service, and apparently the blockage would be for life, so that phone number would no longer serve to use WhatsApp.
This same user mentions that he and other people have tried to contact WhatsApp support service, but that they always receive the same automated response that indicates that they violated the terms and conditions of WhatsApp.
Apparently they are not the only ones who have had problems with this situation, because in that same Reddit thread other users have explained that they have gone through the same problem, that they have been in public groups where someone makes this kind of “jokes” and WhatsApp blocks the accounts of all members due to the same situation.
The problem is that of those affected who have told their story, no one has been able to recover their blocked phone number, so the ban seems to be for life.
Those affected mention that the only way to get rid of this problem is by changing the number, however, some mention that even if you change the number but recover your chats with the backup of the blocked number the new number is also blocked, although others have mentioned that they have performed this process without problem.
The blockade does not happen immediately, so if you are in a group that suddenly changes its name to issues of pornography, terrorism or situations prohibited by WhatsApp it is best to leave it immediately.