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Meta Intensifies Efforts to Curb Child Abuse Content

Meta Intensifies Efforts to Curb Child Abuse Content
Meta steps up measures to curb child abuse content · thehansindia.com

Meta is trying harder to stop child sexual abuse material from appearing on its platforms in India.

This material is illegal under Indian law.

Meta is discussing the issue with India’s technology ministry.

The company is also working to stop content that was already removed from coming back.

The government says online platforms must follow the law.

If platforms do not follow the rules, they may lose legal protection called safe harbour.

Officials say they are not trying to censor social media.

They want platforms to balance the benefits of social media with the harm caused by illegal content.

Key facts

Company
Meta
Issue
Child sexual abuse material, or CSAM
Country
India
Government body
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Legal concern
Platforms may lose safe-harbour protection if they fail to meet applicable legal requirements.
Government position
Officials say the focus is legal compliance, not censorship.

Quotes

Unnamed official

Indian government official

“Platforms need to strike the right balance between social good and harms.”
thehansindia.com

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