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S Krishnan: MeitY to Investigate Instagram Data Scraping Issues Amid Growing Public ...
India's MeitY is investigating Instagram data scraping from public accounts and related regulatory concerns, with formal responses due from Meta on compliance with India's legal framework. The government will determine next steps based on representations received and examination against existing regulations.
The Wire takeaway
Indian regulatory bodies are actively investigating social platform data practices and issuing formal notices; founders building in India's data/AI space need to audit scraping vulnerabilities and privacy compliance before enforcement actions land.
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Topics: data-scraping · instagram-regulation · meity-enforcement · india-privacy · csam-compliance