"Big Step Towards Transparency": Minister's Praise For Facebook. Google
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Facebook took action against more than 30 million posts while photo-sharing app Instagram, also owned by Facebook, acted against about two million posts. Search engine Google removed 59,350 links from its products.
Removal of "offensive posts" by social media giants like Google, Facebook and Instagram after the government's new IT rules came into effect is a "big step towards transparency", Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said this afternoon. Nice to see significant social media platforms like Google, Facebook and Instagram following the new IT Rules. First compliance report on voluntary removal of offensive posts published by them as per IT Rules is a big step towards transparency. pic.twitter.com/FhzUv4pHUp Facebook took action against more than 30 million posts while photo-sharing app Instagram, also owned by Facebook, acted against about two million posts between May 15 and June 15, news agency PTI reported, citing Facebook's first compliance report. Search engine Google removed 59,350 links from its products, including YouTube. In its report, homegrown social media app Koo said it has acted on 1,253 of the 5,502 complaints.
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