India orders Meta to remove Instagram ads promoting child abuse material

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India’s IT ministry has ordered Meta to immediately remove Instagram ads and content promoting child sexual exploitation material, giving it seven days to explain how the ads passed review. The order follows a BBC Eye investigation and last week’s summons of Meta executives, and puts the company’s Section 79 safe harbour at risk. Note: TNW already covered the initial summons; this piece is the follow-up beat.

India’s IT ministry has ordered Meta to immediately disable all Instagram advertisements and content promoting child sexual exploitation and abuse material, according to The Week. The company has seven days to explain how the ads were approved and to detail the safeguards it will put in place.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology also demanded corrective action against what it called the algorithmic amplification of such material, the Tribune reported. The order escalates a row that began when the ministry ...

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