New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has asked Meta to revamp its algorithms and provide a compliance roadmap to curb the spread of deepfakes, propaganda and other manipulated or illegal content across its platforms, according to government sources.

The government has sought these specific changes to Meta's algorithms as part of efforts to strengthen the detection and removal of harmful and manipulated content, the sources said.

MeitY officials have also asked the company to strengthen its content moderation systems, act faster on takedown requests received from authorised government agencies and comply with data localisation requirements.

The government has further sought closer coordinat...