New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- The Parliamentary Committee on Communications and Information Technology discussed 'Social and Digital Platforms and their Regulation' at its meeting on Monday with Chairperson Nishikant Dubey raising concerns over the temporary removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's social media post on the NEET examination last month, noting that it as a serious issue that warranted a detailed explanation from Meta, according to sources.

Sources said Dubey, in his opening remarks, questioned how the Prime Minister's official post could have been taken down, how long it remained unavailable for over four hours and what safeguards were in place to prevent such incidents. He is learnt to have observed that if content from the Prime...