New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communication and Information Technology began its meeting here today and is hearing views of Social and Digital Media Platforms on the subject 'Social and Digital platforms and their regulation'.

The panel is headed by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey.

According to the agenda of the meeting, representatives of Snapchat, Google, X (formerly Twitter), Meta (Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram) and YouTube will brief the committee on the subject being examined by it.

Home Secretary Govind Mohan is among senior officials present during the meeting.

The committee had held two meetings last month and deliberated on 'Self Reliance in Telecom Manufacturing Sector'. It was also briefed by officials ...