Meta gets 27K reports via Indian grievance mechanism in March, fake FB, Insta profiles key concern

New Delhi: As synthetic content, especially deepfakes, continues to rise, Meta received more than 27,000 reports on Facebook and Instagram via the Indian grievance mechanism in the month of March, and the fake profiles that pretended to be genuine users dominated those reports.

Between March 1-March 31, the social media giant received 15,226 reports on Facebook in the country and 4,323 reports were about fake profiles.

Of all these reports, “we provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 8,720 cases,” said Meta.