Meta receives 911 reports through Indian grievance mechanism
On Tuesday Meta – formerly Facebook said in a statement that it has taken down over 11.6 million pieces of content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 3.2 million pieces of content across 12 policies for Instagram in the month of January.
Between January 1-31, Meta received 911 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism and responded to 100 percent of these reports. It has actioned 1.4 million content related to adult nudity and sexual activity, 233,600 pieces of content related to bullying and harassment, and 1.8 million violent and graphic content, among others.
Meta spokesperson said in a statement, “In accordance with the IT Rules 2021, we’ve published our monthly compliance report. We use a combination of Artificial Intelligence, reports from our community, and review by our teams to identify and review content against our policies.”
“We measure the number of pieces of content (such as posts, photos, videos, or comments) and take action for going against our standards,” said Meta.
Earlier in December, Meta took down over 19.3 million pieces of bad content across 13 categories on Facebook and over 2.4 million pieces of such content across 12 categories on photo-sharing platform Instagram in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021.
Meta also received 534 reports for Facebook through the Indian grievance mechanism from December 1-December 31, and responded to all of these reports, spanning from fake profiles to harassment/ abusive content and hacked accounts.
[With Inputs from IANS]
PGurus is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel and stay updated with all the latest news and views
For all the latest updates, download PGurus App.
- UP Special Task Force arrests Mahadev app India head, his associate from Lucknow - April 26, 2024
- CBI raids Sheikh Shahjahan’s relative in Sandeshkhali; seizes huge cache of arms, explosives - April 26, 2024
- Will ‘exit India’ if forced to break encryption: WhatsApp to Delhi High Court - April 26, 2024
