Meta Removes Over 17 Million Objectionable Content from Facebook, Instagram in India

New Delhi: The American tech giant, Meta said that it removed over 11.6 million pieces of objectionable content across thirteen policies for Facebook and 5.54 million of similar content across 12 policies for Instagram in India in April.

Meta was obligated to announce these numbers under IT rules 2021, according to which, digital and social media platforms with more than five million users have to publish monthly compliance reports.

Removed Content From Facebook

Facebook received 17,124 reports from users through the Indian grievance mechanism and it resolved the issues in 9,977 cases in the month of April.

“These include pre-established channels to report content for specific violations, self-remediation flows where they can download their data, avenues to address account hacked issues, etc,” Meta said in its monthly report in compliance with the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

“Of the other 7,147 reports where specialised review was needed, we analysed content as per our policies and took action on 4,303 complaints in total. The remaining 2,844 grievances were reviewed but may not have been actioned,” Meta added.

Removed Content From Instagram

In April, Meta received 12,924 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism for Instagram. The company provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 5,941 cases.

For the remaining 6,983 reports, Meta analysed all the content closely and took action against 3,206 complaints in total.

“We measure the number of pieces of content (such as posts, photos, videos or comments) we take action for going against our standards. Taking action could include removing a piece of content from Facebook or Instagram or covering photos or videos that may be disturbing to some audiences with a warning,” said Meta.