Govt summons Meta again over temporary restriction of PM Modi's FB post

India's government has summoned Meta executives to explain a temporary restriction on Prime Minister Modi's video. The social media giant acknowledged the error and has restored the content. New protocols are being introduced for prominent public figures' accounts. This incident highlights ongoing scrutiny of content m

MUMBAI, July 30 - India has summoned executives from U.S. tech giant Meta, a senior official said on Thursday, after its Facebook platform briefly restricted a post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week. • A video message by Modi posted on Meta's Instagram platform and later shared on Facebook was restricted tempor

3 min readUpdated: Jul 28, 2026 12:54 PM IST In the video, PM Modi acknowledged the paper leak issue as "serious".The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has summoned Meta’s global head of public policy after a video posted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefly withheld by Facebook in India, sources said. The

A Meta spokesperson said the content was removed "in error" and has since been restored on the platform