'No explanation given': Kejriwal claims Meta restricted his account in India

Arvind Kejriwal claims Meta restricted his account in India without explanation. He stated that verbal inquiries at Meta's India office yielded no reasons. Emails sent to the company received only routine acknowledgements. Kejriwal alleged Meta bowed down to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Meta has not yet publicly r

Mr. Kejriwal also shared a screenshot of his account status page showing the message, "Unavailable in some locations".

India is Meta's largest market by users, with hundreds of millions of people using Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

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