IT rules mandate: Facebook, Instagram take down 3.2 crore posts over unlawful content in a month

NEW DELHI: Facebook and group company Instagram pulled down as many as 3.2 crore user posts in the month beginning May 15 this year, and these ranged from spam to adult nudity to bullying and harassment, and content around violent and graphic content.

There was, however, no data given on censures over government orders, or requests by political parties.

The companies released the data in line with the new IT Rules (Google’s YouTube and Koo have already come out with their numbers), and said that these numbers are largely based on the content flagged off by their algorithms which scout for unlawful content.

Later this month, the companies would also release a report where they will give out figures where content was taken down mainly after a complaint by users.