New Delhi: After reports of Meta-owned Facebook briefly restricting access to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first selfie video addressing Gen Z, sources
from the IT ministry claimed that the reports are incorrect. According to the IT ministry sources, the post was never blocked by Facebook and remains live and accessible on the platform. The issue was the result of a technical glitch, not any action to remove or restrict the post. According to earlier info, at around 1:25 am on Tuesday, the "See Why" option on the video showed that the content had been restricted in India in compliance with a legal request. Meta's notice did not specify the legal provision or the authority behind the request. The video, which had drawn millions of views since it was uploaded, is now available again on Facebook in India after the temporary block was lifted. Meta is yet to issue a detailed statement clarifying the nature of the issue.
