'No explanation given': Kejriwal claims Meta restricted his account in India
Arvind Kejriwal claims Meta restricted his account in India without explanation. He stated that verbal inquiries at Meta's India office yielded no reasons. Emails sent to the company received only routine acknowledgements. Kejriwal alleged Meta bowed down to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Meta has not yet publicly responded to these claims.
New Delhi: On Thursday, opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal alleged that Meta had restricted his Instagram account in India without offering any explanation. The AAP national convenor stated that he had made multiple attempts to seek clarification from Meta's India office, but received no responses or reasons for the restriction. Kejriwal posted on X, tagging Meta and Meta India, expressing confusion and frustration over the situation.
He claimed that officials at Meta's India office informed him verbally of the restriction but did not provide any information about the reason or how to resolve it. Kejriwal also accused Meta of bowing down to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, suggesting that the platform was showing political bias in its actions. The AAP leader's allegations came shortly after Meta apologized to the government for the erroneous removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's video from Facebook, which the company attributed to a technical error.
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