Meta to directly report child safety cases to India’s cybercrime portal

Meta, which owns platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, has agreed to directly report child safety-related cases in India to the cybercrime portal managed by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C). The move comes as the government increases pressure on social media platforms to strengthen safeguards for children and act against harmful content online.

“Protecting children on our platforms is a priority for the company,” a Meta spokesperson said, adding that the company was committed to working with the government to ensure perpetrators were held responsible.