NEW DELHI: Facebook took action against 3.2 crore posts in India for various content violations in August, the social media giant said in its compliance report, while WhatsApp took down 20.7 lakh accounts. Facebook’s photo-sharing platform, Instagram, took action against 22 lakh posts across nine violation categories.
Facebook said it had received 904 user reports through its Indian grievance mechanism between August 1-31. “Facebook provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 754 cases. These include pre-established channels to report content for specific violations, self-remediation flows where they can download their data, avenues to address account hacked issues etc.”
For Facebook, the censured content includes that related to spam (2.6 crore), violent and graphic content (26 lakh), adult nudity and sexual activity (20 lakh), and hate speech (2.4 lakh). Other categories under which content was actioned include bullying and harassment (90,400), suicide and self-injury (6.7 lakh), dangerous organisations and individuals: terrorist propaganda (2.7 lakh), and dangerous organisations and Individuals: organised hate (31,600).