Meta took down over 29.2 million items of dangerous content material throughout 13 insurance policies for Fb and over 2.7 million items of such content material throughout 12 insurance policies for Instagram in India in October, the corporate stated on Thursday.

Between October 1-31, Meta obtained 703 experiences via its Indian grievance mechanism, and the corporate stated it supplied instruments for customers to resolve their points in 516 instances.

“Of the opposite 187 experiences the place specialised overview was wanted, we reviewed content material as per our insurance policies, and we took motion on 120 experiences in complete,” the social community stated in its month-to-month compliance report underneath the IT (Middleman Tips and Digital Media Ethics Code) Guidelines, 2021.

The remaining 67 experiences had been reviewed however might not have been actioned, stated Meta.

On Instagram, the corporate obtained 1,377 experiences via the Indian grievance mechanism.

“Of those incoming experiences, we supplied instruments for customers to resolve their points in 982 instances. These embody pre-established channels to report content material for particular violations, self-remediation flows the place they’ll obtain their information, avenues to handle account hacked points, and so forth,” stated Meta.

Of the opposite 395 experiences, Meta reviewed content material as per its insurance policies, and took motion on 274 experiences in complete. The remaining 121 experiences had been reviewed however might not have been auctioned, stated the corporate.

Below the brand new IT Guidelines 2021, huge digital and social media platforms, with greater than 5 million customers, should publish month-to-month compliance experiences.

“We measure the variety of items of content material (reminiscent of posts, images, movies or feedback) we take motion on for going in opposition to our requirements. Taking motion may embody eradicating a chunk of content material from Fb or Instagram or masking images or movies which may be disturbing to some audiences with a warning,” stated Meta.

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