FB, Instagram remove over 30 mn content pieces in India

NEW DELHI: Meta, the newly-formed parent company of Facebook and its family of apps, on Monday said that it has removed over 30 million pieces of content in September on Facebook and Instagram in India, as it faces intense security over user data privacy. The social network acted upon 26.9 million pieces of content across 10 policies for Facebook and over 3.2 million pieces of content across 9 policies for Instagram in compliance with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, the company said in its monthly report. "This report will contain details of the content that we have removed proactively using our automated tools and details of user complaints received and action taken," a Meta spokesperson said in a statement. "In accordance with the IT Rules, we've published our fourth monthly compliance report for the period for 30 days (01 September to 30 September)," the spokesperson added. (IANS)

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