Centre to summon Meta over ‘child abuse ads’ on Instagram

The ministry would seek an explanation from Meta regarding the issue, the sources added.

Separately, a team from Meta met ministry officials following the notice summoning them on the rollout of the ‘username’ feature on WhatsApp in India, the sources said. Ministry officials sensitised them about the government’s concern regarding the feature. As the timeline for furnishing the explanation on the username feature is three days, they would submit their final reply as per the schedule, officials said.