Meta removed 32 million pieces of bad content on Facebook, Instagram in India in October – Times of India

Meta reportedly purged millions of content from its social media services Facebook and Instagram in India in October. According to a report by IANS, the social media giant has removed over 29.2 million pieces of bad content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 2.7 million pieces of such content across 12 policies for Instagram. These numbers were reported by the company in its monthly compliance report which is mandatory under the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
According to the new IT Rules 2021, major digital and social media platforms with more than 5 million user base need to publish monthly compliance reports. Meta also claims to count the number of content pieces (including posts, photos, videos and comments) the company has taken action on for going against its standards. However, taking action doesn’t always mean removing a piece of content from Facebook or Instagram. At times, Meta covers photos or videos with a warning for content that some audiences may find disturbing.
Meta removes content from Facebook: Details
As per the company’s October compliance report, Meta received 703 reports through its Indian grievance mechanism between October 1-31. The company claims to have provided the necessary tools for users to resolve their issues in 516 cases.

Meta also noted that out of the remaining 187 reports, some content required specialised review and was scrutinised as per the company’s policy policies. Out of these, Meta took action against 120 reports while the remaining 67 reports were also reviewed, but the company didn’t take any actions against them.
Meta removes content from Instagram: Details
Meanwhile, the company received 1,377 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism on Instagram. Amongst these reports, Meta offered tools for users to resolve their issues in 982 cases.
These tools included pre-established channels to report content for specific violations, self-remediation flows that help users with downloading their data, ways to address hacked accounts and more.
Meta reviewed the rest of the 395 reports as per the company’s policies and took action against 274 pieces of content. The remaining 121 reports were also reviewed but the company may not have taken any actions against them.