India, July 12 -- The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) has received Meta's response to its notice over advertisements and content allegedly promoting or facilitating child sexual exploitation and abuse material (CSEAM) on Instagram and is reviewing the company's submission, a government official familiar with the matter said on Sunday.

"We have received Meta's response and are reviewing it," the official said.

MeitY had on July 4 directed Meta, on the insistence of Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, to immediately disable all Instagram advertisements and content allegedly promoting or facilitating CSEAM, following a BBC Eye investigation that reported finding around 30 unique advertisements allegedly promoting...