23 Million Bad Content Removed From Facebook Instagram in India by Meta Heres All Details of Montly Compliance Report

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, releases a special report every month, in which information about ‘objectionable content’ removed from social media platforms Facebook and Instagram is given throughout the month. This report is shared under Information Technology Rule 4(1)(d). Meta has now released the report for November 2023, which includes information on bad content removed from Facebook and Instagram during the 30-day period. This shows that during this time frame the company had removed more than 2.30 crore pieces of content from both the platforms.

Monthly compliance issued by Meta for India Report It says that the company had removed 18 million content pieces (photos, videos, posts, comments) out of 23 million from Facebook alone. Talking about the exact numbers disclosed by the company, in the month of November Meta removed 1,83,42,800 pieces of content from Facebook.

Meta says that between November 1 and 30, they received 21,149 reports through the Indian Grievance Mechanism and the company responded to 100% of them. The largest number of reports were for account hacking, fake profiles, inappropriate or abusive content, and bullying or harassment.

Similarly, 46,95,700 pieces of content were removed from Instagram during the mentioned timeframe. The highest numbers of these were related to suicide or self-injury, adult nudity and sexual activity, violent and graphic content, bullying and harassment.

The platform received a total of 11,138 reports, out of which 4,209 users were provided troubleshooting tools through which users resolved their complaints themselves.

Most of the complaints received by Instagram were about account hacking, fake profiles and losing access to the page or account, bullying or harassment.

Let us tell you that Meta’s October report states that the company had removed 37 million bad content within a month, which shows a significant decline on a monthly basis.

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