NEW DELHI, Feb. 17 -- Meta Platforms has flagged concerns over India's new rule that requires platforms to remove certain harmful content within three hours of receiving a valid order, saying the deadline may be difficult to meet in practice.

"Operationally three hours (take down window) is going to be really challenging," Rob Sherman, vice president policy and deputy chief privacy officer, Meta, said in a media roundtable on Tuesday in New Delhi. "Traditionally, the Indian government's been quite consultative when it comes to these things. This is an example where I think we're concerned that had they come to us and talked to us about it, we would have talked about some of the operational challenges."

The Centre on 10 February brought ...