Centre Summons Meta Public Policy Head Again Amid Row Over PM's Video: Sources
The Indian government has summoned Meta executives to discuss algorithm transparency and the removal of a video featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Officials are demanding an apology and explanations regarding the platform's content moderation policies.
Why it matters
This reflects the growing tension between global tech giants and national governments over content regulation and digital sovereignty.
Centre has summoned Meta global public policy head for the second time in a week. Sources said that tech giant's public policy head Joel Kaplan has been summoned to meet government officials on Wednesday. According to sources, along with Kaplan, technical officials from Instagram have also been summoned.Sources said that the government wants to understand from the officials how Meta Algorithm works.According to sources government has received multiple complaints that certain anti-government posts get more traction on social media platforms. Last week Kaplan was summoned by the Information and Technology Ministry over the removal of a video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Facebook.Government is also likely to seek a written apology from Meta over the removal of the Prime Minister's video from Facebook and a written submission over the "technical glitch" that led to the video removal.Meta officials on Monday faced tough questions from the government at the meeting of Parliamentary…
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