Company referred to policy for restricting content when governments say material goes ‘against local law’

Meta has banned a prominent Muslim news page on Instagram in India at the government’s request, the account’s founder said on Wednesday, denouncing the move as “censorship” as hostilities escalate between India and Pakistan.

Instagram users in India trying to access posts from the handle @Muslim – a page with 6.7 million followers – were met with a message stating: “Account not available in India. This is because we complied with a legal request to restrict this content.”v

    • shawn1122@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      16 hours ago

      Old people. Boomers still use Facebook. Many even use it as their primary news source.

      • skrlet13@feddit.clEnglish
        33·
        15 hours ago

        The world is not only USA, Facebook Marketplace is very active in LATAM for example.

        It is bc doesn’t cost money.