India
oi-Madhuri Adnal
Social media giants together with Google, Meta, X and Snapchat are set to look earlier than the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Data Know-how on August 3 together with officers of the ministries of Electronics and Data Know-how (MeitY) and Dwelling Affairs to debate regulation of social media and digital platforms.
Meta had earlier briefly eliminated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Fb video on the federal government’s crackdown on examination paper leaks, together with NEET-related irregularities, triggering criticism on social media. The corporate later restored the video and attributed its elimination to a technical error.
Social media companies together with Google and Meta will talk about platform regulation with a Parliamentary committee on August 3; this follows Meta’s temporary, technically misguided elimination of PM Modi’s video addressing alleged NEET-UG 2026 irregularities and proposed examination reforms.
“The content material was eliminated in error and has since been restored,” a Meta spokesperson mentioned in an announcement.
The video uploaded on July 23 was PM Modi’s first direct outreach to Gen Z in the course of the 36-day-long nationwide agitation led by the Cockroach Janta Get together (CJP) over alleged irregularities in NEET-UG 2026. In his handle, Modi sought to reassure college students that the federal government would take more durable motion in opposition to these concerned in paper leak instances.
He introduced a high-powered process pressure to reform India’s examination system, together with the institution of Particular Quick Observe Courts and stricter penal provisions for examination-related offences.
Following the announcement, the Centre launched the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Modification Invoice, 2026. The proposed laws seeks to impose imprisonment of as much as 10 years and better financial penalties whereas offering for Particular Quick Observe Courts to expedite trials below the regulation.
The coed-led agitation was finally withdrawn on July 25 after Union Training Minister Dharmendra Pradhan stepped down. The Centre additionally reached an understanding with the Cockroach Janta Get together (CJP) and activist Sonam Wangchuk on a number of calls for, together with the withdrawal of instances in opposition to protesters, safeguards in opposition to alleged police intimidation and the introduction of stronger anti-paper leak measures.
In the meantime, the controversy over social media regulation has grown after Delhi Police has began issuing notices to social media accounts directing them to delete ‘abusive’ or ‘unlawful’ posts in opposition to senior leaders, together with Prime Minister, in the course of the current CJP protest at Jantar Mantar, information company PTI reported.
