Meta executives to meet MeitY officials today

Top executives of Meta are set to meet senior officials of the ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY) on August 5 and 6 over a host of issues that have put the social media giant in the crosshairs of the government, including child sexual abuse content on its platforms and temporary restrictions on accounts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other prominent personalities.

The discussion would cover a range of issues related to legal compliance, synthetically generated content, safeguards on content takedowns involving prominent personalities, MeitY Secretary S Krishnan said on the sidelines of an event on Tuesday.