Last Update: February 02, 2023, 18:43 IST
Meta-owned products like Facebook and Instagram continue to be havens for bad content
Facebook and Instagram are owned by Meta and both platforms remain hotbeds for bad content.
Meta said it removed over 22.54 million pieces of content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 12.03 million pieces of content across 12 policies for Instagram in India in December 2022.
Between December 1-31, Facebook received 764 reports through the Indian complaint mechanism, and the company said it provided tools to users to resolve their issues in 345 cases.
These include pre-established channels to report content for specific violations, self-healing flows where they can download their data, said Meta in its monthly report on IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics) compliance. are, ways to resolve account hacked issues, etc. Code) Rules, 2021.
“Of the other 419 reports where special review was required, we reviewed the content in accordance with our policies, and we took action on a total of 205 reports. The remaining 214 reports were reviewed but may not have been acted upon,” Meta said.
On Instagram, the company received 10,820 reports through the Indian complaint system.
Of these, we provided tools to users to resolve their issues in 2,461 cases.
Of the other 8,359 reports that required special review, META reviewed the content and took action on a total of 2,926 reports.
The remaining 5,433 reports were reviewed on Instagram, but may not have been auctioned.
Under the new IT Rules 2021, large digital and social media platforms with more than 5 million users will have to publish monthly compliance reports.
“We measure the number of pieces of content (such as posts, photos, videos or comments) we take action for going against our standards. Taking action may include removing a piece of content from Facebook or Instagram or removing a photo or video Covering may be included that may disturb some viewers with warnings,” Meta said.
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