WhatsApp imposes BAN on several USERS, States possible valid reasons!

You open WhatsApp+ first thing in the morning to send a message to your buddy regarding some random daily shit, What do you discover? Instead of the traditional chat's screen you are greeted by a very imposing and terrifying message!

Gimme a Hi-5 if you know that feeling bro,

"You’re temporarily banned from WhatsApp...."  reads the screen with a classy looking countdown timer at the bottom, One you would love on any other day!

You are temporarily banned from WhatsApp!?

Some bad news coming out today for those that use WhatsApp Plus. If you are unaware, WhatsApp Plus is basically a third party app that has all the same features as WhatsApp, but has a cleaner design, different themes and a slew of other features available as well. It does still use WhatsApp’s servers, which is why they can see who is using WhatsApp Plus. It is against WhatsApp ToS to use WhatsApp Plus. And now it looks like WhatsApp is temporarily banning users that are using WhatsApp Plus.

(NOTE: Some Non-whatsapp+ users were also banned, Possible reasons mentioned at the end of the post(6 reasons))

WhatsApp is one of the most-used messaging apps in existence, and today countless users of the service have taken to Google+ and Twitter to report that they’re being banned from the service for 24 hours. The common denominator between those reporting the ban seems to be the use of third-party WhatsApp clients on Android, specifically a popular one called WhatsApp+.

(NOTE: Some Non-whatsapp+ users were also banned, Possible reasons mentioned at the end of the post(6 reasons))

What's the story behind this?

WhatsApp has posted an article on their FAQ website in an attempt to clear up why this is happening, but it doesn’t do much more than recommend that users uninstall the third-party client and reinstall the official one. The company is apparently cracking down on this as a breach of the terms of service, and is justifying their actions under the premise of protecting user safety.

WhatsApp Plus is an application that was not developed by WhatsApp, nor is it authorized by WhatsApp. The developers of WhatsApp Plus have no relationship to WhatsApp, and we do not support WhatsApp Plus. Please be aware that WhatsApp Plus contains source code which WhatsApp cannot guarantee as safe and that your private information is potentially being passed to 3rd parties without your knowledge or authorization.

Please uninstall your application and install an authorized version of WhatsApp from ourwebsite or Google Play. Then, you will be able to use WhatsApp.

It looks like the first users to see this ban go into effect were in India, at least those were the ones that first reported it. It seems to have started at 12:00am IST on January 21st. Remember Indian Standard Time or IST, is about 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Eastern Standard Time. So this just started within the last hour or so. Users have also reported that uninstalling WhatsApp Plus and installing WhatsApp hasn’t lifted the ban. The temporary ban seems to be for about 24 hours. Which isn’t too bad. It’s better than being banned forever, but it still sucks.

You are temporarily banned from WhatsApp. ._.

If you aren't a Whatsapp+ user and still got yourself banned, There are several other reasons which could cause that to happen! Whatsapp mentions them here- 

Why am I seeing the message “You’re temporarily banned from WhatsApp"?

If we suspect that your account activity constitutes an abuse of our system, your account will be temporarily banned from using WhatsApp. You will receive a warning message in the app that contains the duration of this temporary ban.

During the temporary ban you will not be able to access any part of your WhatsApp account. You will be able to use your account again after the countdown timer runs out.

To receive more information about this temporary ban, tap on the “Learn more” option you see on screen.

Activity that can lead to this temporary ban includes:

• Sending too many messages to users who do not list you in their address books. Make sure that you ask all of your WhatsApp contacts to add your current number to their address books.
• Being blocked by too many people in a short period of time. Make sure you only communicate with people who want to receive messages from you.
• Creating too many groups that contain users who do not list you in their address books. Make sure that you ask all of your WhatsApp contacts to add your current number to their address books.
• Sending the same message to too many people. Use Broadcast Lists to send the same message to your contacts.
• You may have violated our Terms of Service.

If you see the message "Your number is no longer allowed to use our service", please read this article.

Cheers,
WhatsApp Support Team

How many of you have been using WhatsApp Plus? Let us know what you think about all of this in the comments below!