Meta removes more child sex abuse ads amid govt pressure, outlines ‘constant battle with criminals’

Tech giant Meta said that it has taken fresh enforcement action after recent reports that found Instagram carrying advertisements in India that violated the company’s child exploitation policies.

In its blog post released on Tuesday, it said that it has removed the ads, disabled the accounts behind them, and block associated URLs. The response comes as The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had, on Saturday, issued a formal notice to Meta over allegations that paid advertisements on Instagram promoted Child Sexual Exploitative and Abuse Material (CSEAM).