Pakistan, July 30 -- India has summoned senior Meta executives to explain the temporary restriction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Facebook post. The government said it wants clarification over the incident. Meta described the restriction as an accidental error.

According to India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, officials asked Meta to provide details at the highest level. Secretary S. Krishnan said authorities wanted to understand what caused the restriction. He did not identify the executives expected to attend the meeting.

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