34 million-plus ‘bad content’ removed from Facebook, Instagram in India in December: Report – Times of India

Facebook-parent Meta has said that it took down 34 million pieces of bad content in India in the month of December. Out of these roughly 34 million content pieces, over 22.54 million pieces of content are on Facebook and over 12.03 million pieces of content are on Instagram.
Facebook received 764 reports
As per the report, Facebook received 764 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism between December 1 and December 31. The company said it provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 345 cases.
The Indian grievance mechanism includes pre-established channels to report content for specific violations, self-remediation flows where they can download their data, avenues to address account hacked issues etc.

Meta publishes its monthly report in compliance with the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. Under the new IT Rules 2021, big digital and social media platforms, with more than 5 million users, have to publish monthly compliance reports.
Of the remaining 419 reports where specialised review was needed, the company reviewed content as per its policies. “We took action on 205 reports in total. The remaining 214 reports were reviewed but may not have been actioned,” Meta added.

10,820 reports on Instagram
Meta said it received 10,820 reports on Instagram, through the Indian grievance mechanism. “Of these, we provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 2,461 cases,” Meta said in the report.
Of the remaining 8,359 reports where specialised review was needed, Meta reviewed content and took action on 2,926 reports in total.
“We measure the number of pieces of content (such as posts, photos, videos or comments) we take action on for going against our standards. Taking action could include removing a piece of content from Facebook or Instagram or covering photos or videos that may be disturbing to some audiences with a warning,” Meta said in the report.