Meta straps on a ‘Kick Me’ sign by mistakenly taking down video by India’s prime minister
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Meta faced backlash and regulatory trouble after accidentally removing a video posted by India's prime minister, Narendra Modi. The video announced a task force aimed at reforming exams required for university admissions, which had sparked a youth protest movement. Modi posted the video on Instagram and Meta mistakenly took it down, replacing it with a placeholder stating that the video was subject to a legal complaint.
The social media giant apologized and restored the video, leading to criticism from India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. S. Krishnan, the ministry's secretary, requested Meta to come and explain the incident, leading to the establishment of new protocols to prevent such mishaps in the future.
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