Archive · 3 Aug 2026
India Parliament to Question Meta, X, Snapchat, Google on Content Moderation
The Indian Parliament will ask the leaders of big social‑media companies like Meta, X, Snapchat, and Google about how they keep people safe online.
They want to know why a video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefly taken down on Facebook.
They also want to find out why violent or abusive posts were not removed quickly.
The committee hopes to make new rules that will make social media safer for everyone in India.
This meeting will happen on Monday in the Parliament building.
Parliamentary Standing Committee will question Meta, X, Snapchat, and Google.
Focus is on content moderation, platform accountability, and user safety.
Lawmakers will ask about the temporary removal of PM Narendra Modi’s Facebook video.
They will probe the delayed removal of violent and abusive content.
The committee aims to strengthen India’s social media regulations.
- Who
- Representatives from Meta, X, Snapchat, Google and Indian lawmakers
- What
- Questioning about content moderation, platform accountability, and user safety
- When
- Monday
- Where
- Indian Parliament
- Why
- To assess effectiveness of moderation systems and recommend stronger regulations
- Committee
- Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology
- Companies under scrutiny
- Meta, X, Snapchat, Google
- Issue
- Content moderation and user safety
- Key incident
- Temporary disruption of PM Modi's Facebook video
- Goal
- Strengthen India's social media regulations