5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (455+ words) “The Press Club of India strongly condemns the suspension of the Instagram accounts of three independent journalists following their ground reporting from Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh, on a public health crisis involving the deaths of children from the Adivasi community.” The…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (463+ words) Meta said that it is renaming its “AI creator” label to “AI-generated profile” on Instagram and will limit the reach of AI-generated profiles that doesn’t carry the label. The social media giant hasn’t specified if Meta-owned Threads, Facebook will also…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (891+ words) You can access the government advisory from here Five days later, Reuters found at least 39 such ads still running. Meta removed them on August 31 — after Reuters asked about them. The company did not respond to Reuters’ questions about the removal…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (898+ words) That matters beyond the US. As MediaNama has reported, roughly $5.3 billion of Meta’s payment is conditional on YouTube and TikTok adopting similar safeguards. It could set an industry template before any government writes a comparable rule. India is one of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (461+ words) Instagram chief Adam Mosseri defended Meta’s approach to teen safety in court on August 25, 2026. He faced questioning over safety features, internal research and public disclosures. Mosseri testified at a federal trial in Oakland, California. 29 US states are suing Meta in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (298+ words) The notice, sent on August 24, 2026, on behalf of a man identified as Mr. X, names both an Instagram creator and Meta Platforms over a recording made at a café in Delhi’s Khan Market. Advocate Apar Gupta, with the Internet Freedom…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (522+ words) A Maharashtra government committee has recommended amending the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) to cover defamatory social-media posts. The Indian Express reported that the committee was set up in May 2026 to examine legal options for dealing with defamatory content online. It…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (372+ words) Update (August 20, 2026; 4:03 pm): Meta has restored the two accounts specified in the Supreme Court order. However, the account that MediaNama identified (@aapjamnagar) is still blocked in India. Despite the SC’s August 17 order to restore Gujarat’s regional accounts of Aam Aadmi…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (272+ words) A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana heard the plea. Why were Meta and X made parties? Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for the petitioner, told the court that the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (525+ words) Opening arguments began Tuesday in a federal court in Oakland, California, in a case alleging that Meta designed Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children. Forbes reports that the trial may require the company to pay significant financial penalties…...