New Delhi, July 13 -- IT Secretary S Krishnan has confirmed that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has received Meta's reply to its notice over child sexual abuse material (CSAM) advertisements on Instagram and is currently examining it before deciding on the next course of action.

Speaking to news agency PTI, Krishnan said the response was received on Saturday, which was the deadline set by the government for Meta to submit its explanation. The reply comes after the tech giant had received a stern notice from Meta on CSAM in paid ads on Instagram.

MeitY had also directed the company to disable all advertisements and content promoting or facilitating access to CSAM while demadning a detailed explanation from...