The Indian government has directed Meta to immediately disable advertisements and content on Instagram that promote or facilitate child sexual abuse material, a senior official said.
It comes after a BBC Eye investigation found that Instagram has been running paid adverts promoting child sexual abuse material in India, some of which linked users to Telegram channels where the material was offered for sale.
The government has also sought an explanation within a week on how advertisements containing such material were allowed on the platform. The federal ministry had “ordered Instagram to disable all ads and content promoting or facilitating access” to such material.
