“We are not seeing that kind of content (CSAM) coming up in the same way, and platforms are being more cautious. Meta is also putting in place its own filters and working to identify unlawful content, with its content moderators becoming more sensitive to the Indian context. But we have to keep watching this.
We cannot say overnight that we are fully satisfied,” said the official requesting anonymity.
Meta did not immediately respond to HT. One can be persecuted if they are in violation of Section 67B of the IT Act – which punishes any person who publishes, transmits, creates, browses, downloads, or distributes electronic material that shows children in a sexually explicit or indecent way, or who grooms or exploits children online.
Officials are expected to meet Meta again by the end of this week in which the social media company is expected to furnish a report on how many posts and content they have taken down from the public domain in compliance with the Indian laws, share details of how it is decided as to which demography the boosted content (pay money to reach a wider audience) is shown to, and tweaking community guidelines to adapt to the Indian context, said another official.
