Indian Facebook and Instagram posts totaling 27 million were deleted in July by social media giant Meta
On Wednesday, the large social media company Meta said that in July, it had launched legal action against 2.7 million Facebook and Instagram users.
The corporation took action against 20 lakh and 2.5 crore posts on Instagram and Facebook, respectively, to conform with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
On Facebook, 1.73 crore spam posts were addressed. It was followed by 27 lakh postings about “adult nudity and sexual activity” and 23 lakh posts about “violent and graphic content.” Meta independently discovered 9.98 lakh pieces of content about “Dangerous Organizations and Individuals: Terrorism,” and 99.8% of those postings were subsequently removed.
The majority of Instagram posts, according to research by Meta, breached the company’s guidelines for “suicide and self-injury” content, “adult nudity and sexual activity,” and “violent and graphic content.” 1,033 Instagram post complaints and 626 Facebook complaints were submitted to the business.
“Between 1st and 31st July, we received 626 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism, and we responded to 100 percent of these 626 reports. We provided clients with access to resources in 603 of these incoming reports to assist them in resolving their issues “the report said.
One hundred eighty-five users claimed their accounts were hacked and that they subsequently lost control of a page or group they had previously managed. Meta investigated a total of 23 more reports, responded to 9 of them, and ignored the remaining 14 because it might not have thought they violated its rules. Similar to how Meta provided solutions to customers’ issues in 945 instances regarding certain Instagram concerns,
705 people reported to Meta about their fake Instagram accounts, and 639 of those complaints were looked into. “We analyzed content in accordance with our protocols for the remaining 88 complaints where the specialized examination was required, and we took action on 35 reports in total,” the report stated. Because it may have determined that the remaining 53 Instagram reports did not violate its policy requirements, Meta chose not to reply to them.
