India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued a notice to Meta over advertisements of child sexual abuse on Instagram and WhatsApp. File Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI | License Photo
July 6 (UPI) -- India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued a notice to Meta over advertisements of child sexual abuse on Instagram and WhatsApp.
The Indian government warned Meta on Saturday over the presence of such ads and called for an explanation within seven days.
"The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued a stern notice to Meta over the presence of Child Sexual Exploitative & Abuse Material (CSEAM) in paid advertisements on Instagram," the Indian government said in a statement. "The government has directed Instagram to immediately disable all advertisements and content that promote or facilitate access to CSEAM and has sought a detailed explanation from Meta within 7 days."
BBC reported Friday that Meta was running advertisements promoting child sexual abuse material in India via Instagram. Some of those advertisements linked to Telegram pages that offered child sexual abuse material for sale.
