Could India revoke Meta's safe harbour protection amid Modi row

Meta is a big company that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, apps that many people in India use every day.

Indian leaders started asking Meta tough questions about how it handles posts.

This happened after a post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefly removed from Facebook.

Meta said this was a technical mistake and said sorry.

The government also wanted answers about harmful content on Meta's apps, including videos that hurt children and fake videos called deepfakes.

Meta's boss, Mark Zuckerberg, and another leader, Joel Kaplan, apologised to the Indian government.

India has a law that normally protects apps from getting into trouble for what users post.

But this protection only works if the company follows the rules and acts fairly.

Leaders are now thinking about whether to take away this protection from Meta.

If they do, Meta could be taken to court for things people post on its apps, and only the government can make that decision.