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Government to question Meta over algorithmic bias and public order
The government will question Meta’s global team next week about algorithmic bias, content moderation and the company’s role in maintaining public order, The Hindu reports. The team is also expected to appear…
The Story in Brief
The government will question Meta’s global team next week about algorithmic bias, content moderation and the company’s role in maintaining public order, The Hindu reports. The team is also expected to appear before a parliamentary panel. The move follows Facebook’s brief restriction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s post on paper leaks. Meta called the incident a technical glitch and apologised, but the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology found that explanation inadequate.
Meta has told the ministry that posts by Mr Modi and other prominent accounts will receive additional checks involving senior officials. Separately, Hyderabad Cyber Crime police have registered cases against Meta India head Arun Srinivas and several accounts over allegedly morphed and AI-generated posts targeting the Prime Minister. No arrests have been reported.
The Indian Opinion
Two lazy narratives are circulating: that a brief restriction proves deliberate censorship, or that every offensive AI-edited post deserves criminal treatment. Neither follows from the facts available. Platforms need clear, consistent moderation, while police must establish who created and circulated allegedly illegal material. The useful test is whether Meta publishes its safeguards and whether investigators produce evidence linking specific users to specific posts. Until then, outrage is not a substitute for accountability.
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