Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, has directed the ministry to summon American social media giant Meta’s officials in connection with Instagram-hosted advertisements promoting child sexual abuse, sources said.
The ministry will seek an explanation from the company — which owns WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook — regarding the advertisements, the sources added.
The government will ask Meta’s officials how it allowed its platform to host such advertisements and what it is doing to stem such content.
Earlier today, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that Instagram has been running advertisements promoting child sexual abuse material in India.
