Hyderabad cybercrime police book Meta India head over posts targeting PM Modi by users on Facebook and Instagram

The cases were registered following complaints filed by S. Aravind Reddy, a businessman, and T. Saikiran Goud, a Telangana BJP activist

A US court has fined Meta $567 million and ordered feature limits on Facebook and Instagram due to child safety concerns, citing “public nuisance.”

The ruling is another setback for Meta, which faces an avalanche of lawsuits from thousands of families of children harmed by social media

A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial.

Judge Bryan Biedscheid said in a ruling late Thursday that the bulk of the money will be used for treatment services for young people.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people

Court orders Instagram and Facebook's Meta to pay $567M to address kids' mental health online  AP News

A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay US$567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial the social media giant lost in March.

A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Instagram recently with selfie-style videos shot after hours in a bid to win over young voters following Gen-Z protests that highlighted growing frustration over a lack of job and education opportunities.

The pivot to youth-focused social media follows protests last month that led to the resignation of the education minister after tens of thousands ⁠took to the streets.

Social media giant says post had been blocked inadvertently because of operational error

Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg formally apologized to the Indian government over several operational missteps, including issues with paid content amplification. The acknowledgment of these errors comes as officials expressed concerns over the potential loss of safe harbor protection for the platform. As the government reas

Meta Platforms’ ⁠CEO Mark ⁠Zuckerberg has apologised to the ⁠Indian government over child sexual abuse material on the company’s platforms and for operational errors, local television channels reported on Wednesday. Zuckerberg apologised for the presence of the material, as well as deepfake content and operational ‌lap

Meta Platforms' Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan apologised to India's information technology minister for briefly restricting a post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July, he said in a statement on Wednesday (Aug 5)."I apologised to the minister on behalf of Meta for the error restricting PM Modi's post," Ka

Meta apologises to India for restricting PM Modi's post  Reuters

India panel warns Meta over Modi video removal  Dawn

Joel Kaplan, along with top Meta executives, met IT secretary S Krishnan and other senior officials of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) in a discussion that lasted 45 minutes.