New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) has asked Meta to ensure that its recommendation systems do not result in showing only a single or limited set of narratives, but instead provide diverse information. This comes two days after the ministry sent an advisory to all social media companies asking them to give priority to government complaints about content that could affect public order.

The advisory, dated October 10, was sent only to Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook. It asked the company to move faster on spotting and escalating posts that are being amplified through its recommendations, leading to causing confusion, violence or public disorder. Unlike the October 8 advisory, which ...