Meta removed 32 million pieces of bad content on Facebook, Instagram in India in October

Meta reportedly purged millions of content from its social media services Facebook and Instagram in India in October. According to a report by IANS, the social media giant has removed over 29.2 million pieces of bad content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 2.7 million pieces of such content across 12 policies for Instagram. These numbers were reported by the company in its monthly compliance report which is mandatory under the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.