During the same period, Instagram took action against about two million pieces across nine categories.
In its maiden monthly compliance report as mandated by the IT rules, social media giant Facebook said it “actioned” over 30 million content pieces across 10 violation categories during May 15-June 15 in the country.
During the same period, Instagram took action against about two million pieces across nine categories.
Large digital platforms (with over 5 million users), under the new IT rules, will have to publish periodic compliance reports every month, mentioning the details of complaints received and action taken subsequently. The compliance report is also supposed to mention the number of specific communication links or parts of information that the intermediary has removed or disabled access to in pursuance of any proactive monitoring conducted by using automated tools.
Over the years, Facebook has consistently invested in technology, people and processes to further its agenda of keeping users safe and secure online and enabling them to express themselves freely on its platform, a Facebook spokesperson said.
“We use a combination of artificial intelligence, reports from our community and review by our teams to identify and review content against our policies. We”ll continue to add more information and build on these efforts towards transparency as we evolve this report,” the spokesperson was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
Its next report will be published on July 15, containing details of user complaints received and action taken, Facebook informed.
“We expect to publish subsequent editions of the report with a lag of 30-45 days after the reporting period to allow sufficient time for data collection and validation. We will continue to bring more transparency to our work and include more information about our efforts in future reports,” it added.
Facebook, it its report, said it had actioned over 30 million pieces of content across 10 categories during May 15-June 15. This includes content related to spam (25 million), violent and graphic content (2.5 million), adult nudity and sexual activity (1.8 million), and hate speech (311,000).
Other categories under which content was actioned include bullying and harassment (118,000), suicide and self-injury (589,000), dangerous organisations and individuals: terrorist propaganda (106,000) and dangerous organisations and Individuals: organised hate (75,000), NDTV reported.
In case of Instagram, 2 million pieces of content were actioned across nine categories during May 15-June 15. This includes content related to suicide and self-injury (699,000), violent and graphic content (668,000), adult nudity and sexual activity (490,000), and bullying and harassment (108,000). Other categories under which content was actioned include hate speech (53,000), dangerous organisations and individuals: terrorist propaganda (5,800), and dangerous organisations and individuals: organised hate (6,200).
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