- The government has begun to intensify its control and monitoring of social media platforms.
- The head of state is facing online abuse, prompting the Indian government to enforce platform cooperation under national law.
Instagram platform faces an FIR over alleged offensive content targeting politicians.
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Updated Aug 1
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What happened
Instagram platform faces an FIR over alleged offensive content targeting politicians.
Who's involved
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The entities involved
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Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India since 2014
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Instagram
photo and video sharing social network owned by Meta Platforms
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