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US court slaps Meta with $567 million penalty over child safety failures, orders major platform reforms: Details

सौम्या सिंह - 7 August, 2026

Meta faces global scrutiny after a 567 million New Mexico penalty over child safety, addictive platform features and mental health concerns.

Meta’s PM Modi video controversy explained: What is Safe Harbour and how Facebook, Google could lose their protection?

रुपम - 5 August, 2026

Facebook, Google’s Legal Shield Under Threat? What Is Safe Harbour And Why Is The World Debating Its Future?

News Reports

Meta admits to being paid to boost certain types of content: How it amounts to an admission of deliberate content manipulation and misuse of...

Jinit Jain - 5 August, 2026

Meta’s admission that it accepts payment to amplify specific content, while hiding behind 'technical glitches' to censor other posts, exposes a deliberate strategy of manipulating content and effecting social behavior.

Crime

Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police files FIR against Meta India head over morphed content against PM Modi during CJP protests

OpIndia Staff - 31 July, 2026

Several operators of Instagram and Facebook accounts have also been booked. These cases have been filed on separate complaints filed by BJP supporters.

News Reports

Why CJP protest propaganda is flooding unrelated feeds: How Meta’s algorithms and moderation rules help the global Left control the narrative

Anurag - 22 July, 2026

Users say CJP reels are appearing on new and unrelated Instagram accounts. Influencer coordination indicates organised amplification across Meta’s platforms and an effort to widen the pro-protest narrative.

News Reports

Meta breaks silence after Centre’s notice over child sexual abuse ads on Instagram, says it removed 4 million suspicious accounts

OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2026

Following the Centre's notice seeking the removal of paid Instagram ads promoting child sexual abuse content and a detailed explanation from Meta, the social...

News Reports

Bloomberg calls the Indian govt’s notice directing Meta to remove child sexual abuse content a ‘regulatory headache’: How the focus shifted from protecting children...

Shraddha Pandey - 6 July, 2026

Bloomberg has received backlash for the Indian government’s notification to Meta for the removal of child porn, a ‘regulatory headache’ for the US tech giant.

News Reports

Centre orders Meta to take down Instagram ads promoting child sexual abuse content, seeks response within seven days

OpIndia Staff - 5 July, 2026

The action comes amid the intensified scrutiny by the Ministry of the content on social media to ensure child safety.

Crime

Union Govt to summon Meta after BBC Eye probe found that Instagram is showing paid ads for Child Sexual Abuse Materials on Telegram

OpIndia Staff - 3 July, 2026

In a significant move, the Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, has directed officials in the Ministry of Electronics and Information...