Parl panel summons Meta, X, Google over social media regulation

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology has summoned representatives of major digital and social media platforms, along with senior officials from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), for a meeting on August 3 to discuss the regulation of social media and digital platforms.

Chairman of the panel and BJP Lok Sabha MP from Godda Nishikant Dubey said the committee has called representatives from Meta (Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp), X, Snapchat and Google to appear before it on August 3 at 4 pm.