Responding to the demands of the Parliamentary Standing Committee, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday apologised for the temporary removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s July 23 video, as well as for issues related to child sexual abuse material (CSAM), deepfake content, and operational errors on the company’s platforms.
According to sources, Meta officials admitted that the company earns significant revenue by boosting certain types of content. They also acknowledged that a considerable amount of illegal content had been promoted on its platforms.
Sources added that the Parliamentary Committee will summon Meta officials again for further discussions
India is Meta’s largest market by users, with hundreds of millions of people using Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The parliamentary panel had asked the Meta chief on Tuesday to apologise for the temporary removal of the video of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Narendra Modi on 23rd July in his first vertical video, spoke directly to the camera during the height of protests led by the satirical partys CJP. The video was briefly removed from Facebook and Instagram, while it was later restored.
The social media giant, however, had attributed the incident to a technical glitch and apologised. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology found the explanation inadequate and demanded a proper apology by the Meta chief.