Meta takes action against 2.7 crore Facebook, Instagram posts in India

Social media major Meta had taken action against 2.7 crore on Facebook and Instagram in July, the company said in its monthly transparency report on Wednesday.

The company took action against 2.5 crore posts on Facebook and 20 lakh posts on Instagram to comply with Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

On Facebook, action against 1.73 crore spam content was taken. It was followed by 27 lakh post related to “adult nudity and sexual activity” and 23 lakh “violent and graphic content” related content.

Meta on its own identified 9.98 lakh “Dangerous Organizations and Individuals: Terrorism” related content and finally it took action against 99.8 per cent of the posts that were identified.