Facebook removed nearly 30 million pieces of content in India between May 15 and June 15, according to the social media giant’s first compliance report under the new IT laws. During the same time period, Instagram, which is controlled by Facebook, took on about two million pieces across nine categories.
What was removed?
The 10 violation categories include content related to spam (25 million), violent and graphic content (2.5 million), adult nudity and sexual activity (1.8 million), and hate speech (311,000).
Other categories under which content was actioned include bullying and harassment (118,000), suicide and self-injury (589,000), dangerous organisations and individuals: terrorist propaganda (106,000) and dangerous organisations and Individuals: organised hate (75,000).
A Facebook spokesperson said over the years, Facebook has consistently invested in technology, people and processes to further its agenda of keeping users safe and secure online and enabling them to express themselves freely on its platform.
“We use a combination of artificial intelligence, reports from our community and review by our teams to identify and review content against our policies. We’ll continue to add more information and build on these efforts towards transparency as we evolve this report,” the spokesperson said in a statement to PTI.
FB is the second global tech giant after Google to publish a monthly report in keeping with the new rules.
