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India intensifies regulatory pressure on Meta over child abuse content and messaging privacy features.

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India intensifies regulatory pressure on Meta over child abuse content and messaging privacy features.
  • India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology demanded that Instagram remove all child abuse-related content and advertisements, following a BBC investigation into the platform.
  • Regulatory scrutiny has also extended to WhatsApp, where the government ordered a pause on a new username feature due to concerns it could facilitate cybercrime.
  • India represents Meta's largest market globally by user count, hosting over 480 million Instagram users and 400 million Facebook users.

Quotes

“wake-up call for Meta to tighten its compliance and control for its platforms”— Neil Shah
“stern notice to Meta over the presence of Child Sexual Exploitative & Abuse Material (CSEAM) in paid advertisements on Instagram”— Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Sources

India intensifies regulatory pressure on Meta over child abuse content and messaging… — Heurist Finance