New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology on Wednesday demanded an "unqualified apology" from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the removal of a video featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Facebook, warning that the platform could lose its legal immunity in India.

In a strongly worded communication to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), the committee expressed serious concern over the fact that a video of the Prime Minister addressing students and Gen Z regarding examination controversies and paper leaks was removed from Facebook for approximately five to six hours.

The committee has directed that Zuckerberg tender an apology within three days. If...