When PM Modi's reel briefly vanished: What is — and isn't — known about how Meta moderates VVIP accounts

A Facebook Reel posted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 23, amid nationwide protests over the leaked NEET-UG examination paper, briefly disappeared from his official page and was restored later the same day. Meta apologised, describing the takedown as an error.

Ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) secretary S Krishnan said on Thursday that Meta had agreed to send its senior leadership to New Delhi within 7 to 10 days to explain what happened.

"Meta, we have asked them to come in at the highest level and explain what is happening. They have agreed to come and explain what the situation is. We want to have both a policy-level understanding and a technical understanding of the issues," Krishnan told reporters on the sidelines of a Confederation of Indian Industry event in Delhi.

Krishnan also said Meta had "indicated" to the government that, as of July 28, it had...

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