IT Secretary S. Krishnan said that responses to notices sent to messaging platforms on their username feature, and to Meta on child sexual abuse material, had both been received by the Ministry over the weekend.
Event Context
Mr. Krishnan said that those responses are under consideration and indicated that the government would spend around a week on the review.
Team Analysis
On the CSAM issue, Meta said in a blog post that while it has deployed technology to detect people posting CSAM, it is “in a constant battle with criminals who hide among our 3.5 billion users and try to evade our detection.” The government’s notice and Meta’s response follow a BBC report that found multiple suggestive ads directing users to CSAM content outside of Instagram.
