Meta got rid of 17 mn pieces of bad content for FB, insta in April
These include pre-established channels to report content for specific violations, self-remediation flows where they can download their data, avenues to address account hacked issues
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Meta said that it took down over 11.6 million pieces of bad content across 13 policies for Facebook and more than 5.4 million pieces of objectionable content across 12 policies for Instagram in India in April.
In April, Facebook received 17,124 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism and said that it provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 9,977 cases.
These include 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 said in its monthly report in compliance with the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
"Of the other 7,147 reports where specialised review was needed, we analysed content as per our policies and took action on 4,303 complaints in total. The remaining 2,844 grievances were reviewed but may not have been actioned," Meta added.
On Instagram, the company received 12,924 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism.
"Of these, we provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 5,941 cases," it said.
