Complying with new IT rules, Facebook releases first monthly report

Facebook has released its first monthly report in compliance with new IT rules in India. The social media giant reported proactive monitoring and action rate of over 95% across most content categories, while Instagram has reported proactive monitoring and action rate of over 80% in most cases.

Categories monitored by Facebook include adult nudity, hate speech, terrorist propaganda, suicide & self-injury, violent and graphic content, drugs and spam, among others. Both Facebook and Instagram have, however, low proactive monitoring rate for bullying and harassment content. While Facebook reported action taken rate of 37% on bullying and harassment content, Instagram has action taken rate of 43%.

As per the new IT law, large social media companies need to publish periodic compliance reports every month, mentioning the details of complaints received and action taken.