Afghanistan, Aug. 6 -- Meta has apologised to India's Information Technology Minister after temporarily restricting a Facebook post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, following criticism from Indian authorities over the company's content moderation practices.
According to Reuters, Meta executive Joel Kaplan apologised to the minister and said the restriction resulted from an error in the company's content moderation system. Meta previously described the incident as a technical glitch involving its automated review processes.
The controversy began last month when Facebook briefly limited access to a video posted by Modi, prompting Indian officials to question the company's handling of political content and demand greater accountability from ...