Meta took down 27.3 million pieces of bad content from Facebook, Instagram in India

Meta took down a total of 27.3 million pieces of bad content from two of its social media platforms – Facebook and Instagram – in the month of March this year. Of these, 24.6 million pieces of bad content were taken down across 13 policies for Facebook and over 2.7 million pieces of content were taken down from Instagram under 12 of its policies. The company also revealed that between March 1 and March 31, it received a total of 656 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism for Facebook. It responded to 100 percent of those reports and resolved issues in 556 cases. In the case of Instagram, Meta received a total of 1,150 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism. It responded to 100 percent of those reports. Of these, the company resolved issues in 556 cases and in the case of other 594 reports, wherein specialised review was needed keeping in view the company’s policies, Meta took action in 20 cases.