Parliament to grill Instagram, other social media platforms on user privacy

India's Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology has summoned representatives from Meta, Google, X, and Snapchat for August 3, 2026 to discuss user privacy protection, public order maintenance, and digital platform regulation following extensive social media use in recent student protests.

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