India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has called on Meta to produce a comprehensive plan addressing content moderation, algorithm adjustments, and faster removal of unlawful posts amid rising concerns over misinformation and synthetic content.
India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has asked Meta to prepare a detailed compliance roadmap showing how it will tighten moderation across its platforms and reduce the circulation of propaganda, deepfakes and other unlawful material, according to India Today. The request was made during a meeting between senior officials and Meta representatives, during which the company’s technical team outlined its current systems and efforts to deal with harmful online content.
Officials also चाहते the company to make algorithmic changes that would limit how misleading material is amplified, the report said. Alongside that, the government has pressed Meta to meet India’s data localisation rules and to speed up the removal of posts flagged by authorised agencies. The emphasis reflects a wider concern in New Delhi that recommendation systems can accelerate the spread of manipulated content before moderators can intervene.
The Centre has also told Meta to work more closely with Quick Response Teams across government departments so that deepfake videos, altered images and similar content can be identified and taken down more quickly. According to India Today, the talks followed Meta’s acknowledgement that there were shortcomings in its algorithmic systems, and the company’s global technical team is expected to remain in India for further discussions.
The push comes amid a broader tightening of oversight of digital platforms in India, with the government increasingly focused on misinformation, public-order risks and the misuse of artificial intelligence to generate deceptive material. That approach is consistent with recent regulatory scrutiny of platforms over synthetic content and takedown compliance, and it highlights the growing expectation that large social media companies must do more than respond after harmful posts spread.
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