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Meta-India content moderation dispute

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted a video on his official Facebook account on 23 July 2026, urging stricter laws against paper leaks. The post gained millions of views before disappearing on 28 July, when users were shown a notice citing a legal request. Meta later explained that an automated‑filter glitch had briefly removed the video, apologized, and restored the content. The Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) deemed the explanation inadequate, summoned Meta’s global head of public policy, and demanded a detailed account of the incident. In response, Meta pledged enhanced senior‑level oversight for posts by the Prime Minister and other high‑profile accounts, accounts and indicated that said a meeting with Indian officials would be arranged. On 29 July Meta confirmed that the new oversight framework would place Prime Minister posts under additional senior reviews and multiple checks before any moderation action, and said it would meet officials later that week. action. Maharashtra cyber police also lodged an FIR over AI‑generated videos that portrayed Modi and Union Minister Piyush Goyal in manipulated form, expanding concerns beyond earlier cases. On 30 July Hyderabad cyber‑crime police filed two FIRs on 30 July against Arun Srinivas, Meta India’s head, India head Arun Srinivas and several account operators for distributing operators, alleging that the AI‑edited images and videos of Modi deemed obscene or misleading. violated the Information Technology Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The complaints cited cite potential misinformation and misinformation, public‑order risks. risks, and possible failures of Meta’s moderation systems to act promptly. MeitY issued a fresh summons to senior Meta executives, requesting a written explanation for the brief blocking of the video, which had been viewed about 404 million times before removal. These actions underscore escalating The regulatory scrutiny of Meta’s content‑moderation practices in India’s largest digital market. market therefore continues to intensify.

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  4. 2026-07-29 18:26 UTC Meta-India content moderation dispute

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