Meta Removes Over 37 Million Bad Pieces Of Content On Facebook, Instagram

Meta-owned Facebook received 12,960 reports, between October 1-October 31, through the Indian grievance mechanism.

For Meta-owned Instagram, the company received 8,252 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism. ( Image Source :Getty )

Meta reported the removal of more than 33.6 million pieces of content on Facebook spanning 13 policies and over 3.4 million pieces on Instagram across 12 policies in the month of October in India. These consist of predefined channels for reporting content violations, self-remediation flows enabling users to download their data, and avenues to address issues related to hacked accounts, among others, the social networking giant said in its monthly report in compliance with the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

Meta-owned Facebook received 12,960 reports, between October 1-October 31, through the Indian grievance mechanism, and said that it provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 5,201 cases.

"Of the other 7,759 reports where specialised review was needed, we reviewed content as per our policies, and took action on 2,132 reports in total. The remaining 5,627 reports were reviewed but may not have been actioned," the social networking giant said.

"Of these, we provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 2,958 cases," it informed.

For Meta-owned Instagram, the company received 8,252 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism.

Of the other 5,294 reports where specialised review was needed, Meta reviewed content and took action on 1,908 reports in total. The remaining 3,386 reports were reviewed but may not have been actioned. Under the new IT Rules 2021, big digital and social media platforms, with more than 5 million users, have to publish monthly compliance reports.

"We measure the number of pieces of content (such as posts, photos, videos or comments) we take action on for going against our standards. Taking action could include removing a piece of content from Facebook or Instagram or covering photos or videos that may be disturbing to some audiences with a warning," the scial networking company noted.