Facebook releases first report under new IT rules, says it took action against crores of posts

Facebook took action against more than 3 crore content pieces between May 15 and June 15, PTI reported on Friday, citing a monthly report released by the social media platform.

The new social media rules introduced by the Centre mandate a monthly compliance report from social media companies. This is the first such report released by Facebook.

Of the 3 crore posts against which Facebook said it took “proactive action”, 18 lakh contained adult nudity and sexual activity, 25 lakh were related to violent and graphic content, while 2.5 crore of them were spam, The Indian Express reported, citing the monthly report.

Instagram, a photo and video sharing platform owned by Facebook, took action against 4.9 lakh pieces of content containing adult nudity or sexual activity, and 6.68 lakh posts with violent and graphic content.

“We use a combination of artificial intelligence, reports from our community, and review by our teams to identify and review content against our policies,” a Facebook spokesperson told the newspaper. “We will continue to add more information and build on these efforts towards transparency as we evolve this report.”

Facebook said that it took action against posts, photos, videos or comments that were against its standards, the Business Standard reported. “Taking action could include removing a piece of content from Facebook or…

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