Facebook to publish interim compliance report as per IT rules on July 2
Social media giant Facebook on Tuesday
said it will publish an interim report on July 2 as mandated by the IT rules,
and provide information on the number of content it removed proactively between
May 15-June 15.
The final report will be published on July 15, containing details
of user complaints received and action taken.
The new IT rules - which came into force from May 26 - mandate
large social
media companies to publish periodic compliance reports every
month, mentioning the details of complaints received and action taken thereon.
The report is to also include the number of specific communication
links or parts of information that the intermediary has removed or disabled
access to in pursuance of any proactive monitoring conducted by using automated
tools.
In accordance with the IT Rules, we'll publish an interim report
for the period May 15-June 15 on July 2. This report will contain details of
the content that we have removed proactively using our automated tools, a Facebook spokesperson
said in a statement.
The spokesperson added that the final report will be published on
July 15, containing details of user complaints received and action taken.
The report on July 15 will also contain data related to WhatsApp,
which is currently being validated, the spokesperson further stated.
The report on July 2 will be an interim report and will not
include the details of complaints received and action taken thereon as we are
in the process of validating this data and that that data will be provided in
the July 15 report, as per information available on Facebook's Transparency
Centre webpage.
The new IT rules are designed to prevent abuse and misuse of
digital platforms, and offer users a robust forum for grievance redressal.
Under these rules, social media companies
will have to take down flagged content within 36 hours, and remove within 24
hours content that is flagged for nudity and pornography.
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