New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Friday held a third round of discussions with Meta, this time with their technical team, focusing on technical aspects of the social media giant's platform algorithms, two people aware of the matter said. These discussions on technical grounds are expected to continue over the next couple of days, a senior MeitY official had told HT on Thursday.

The meeting was held in the morning at Electronics Niketan and was presided over by MeitY Secretary S Krishnan, one of the people quoted above said. The discussions are part of the government's continuing engagement with Meta following the temporary restriction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Facebook Reel on...