Social media company Meta has apologised after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Instagram video on the student protests was briefly removed from the platform. Meta said the video became unavailable because of a technical error and not due to any deliberate censorship. The company clarified that the content was restored as soon as the mistake was identified.
According to reports, the Central Government took the incident seriously. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has reportedly summoned senior officials from Meta and Instagram to seek an explanation.
The video was posted by Prime Minister Modi amid the ongoing protests in Delhi over the NEET paper leak and demands for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. In the selfie-style video, Modi addressed students and said the paper leak issue was a serious matter.