Meta-owned social media platforms Facebook and Instagram had taken am action against a total 2.7 crore posts on the social media platforms in July. The firm, that is an intermediary under the IT Rules, had taken down 1.73 crore spam posts and 23 lakh posts for violent and graphic content, as a part of its efforts in order to comply with the government's laws for social media platforms. Meta had also published details of actions that were taken on complaints under the grievance redressal mechanism, stating it had responded to 100 percent of user reports.  

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Meta published details of actions that were taken on the complaints
It removed 2.5 crore posts on Facebook, and 20 lakh posts on Instagram in July
Subsequent editions of the report to be published with a delay of 30 to 45 days 

In the monthly report under the IT Rules, 2021, for July revealed on Wednesday where Meta had disclosed that the company had removed 2.5 crore posts on Facebook, and 20 lakh posts on Instagram in July. The company had published regular reports on actions that were taken on content at the time of the previous month. 

According to Meta's latest report, the company had removed 1.73 crore instances of spam on Facebook, along with a 'proactive rate' of 99.6 percent. In addition to the action taken on spam, 1.1 lakh posts associated with hate speech, 23 lakh posts associated with violent and graphic content, and 27 lakh posts with nudity and sexual content were removed from the platform. The proactive detection rates of 99.9 and 99.4 percent, separately. 

The company has also mentioned that over 9 lakh posts on Instagram were associated with suicide and self-injury, whereas over 22,000 instances of hate speech and 3.7 lakh posts associated with nudity and sexual content were removed from the platform. The proactive detection rates for these forms of content were 99.5 percent, 77.4 percent, and 96 percent, respectively. 

Under the IT Rules, Facebook and Instagram were expected to reply to users' complaints through a grievance redressal mechanism. The company had mentioned that it received 626 and 1033 reports from users on Facebook and Instagram separately and it had claimed that it has replied to all user reports. 

On Facebook, the company had resolved the problems for 603 reports by providing applicable tools, by taking action on 9 out of 23 remaining complaints which was based on the company's policies. 

During the same time, on Instagram, the company has mentioned that it had resolved problems for users in in 945 cases with the assistance of the desired tools, whereas action was taken on 35 of the remaining 88 reports. The company stated that it had expected to publish subsequent editions of the report with a delay of 30 to 45 days after the reporting period.

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