Meta's global policy chief summoned by MeitY after PM video removed briefly

Synopsis

The Prime Minister shared the video on July 23 as part of his outreach to the youth amid the student protests over alleged irregularities in the NEET 2026 examination. In the video, the PM promised to bring in stringent measures to tackle the issue of examination paper leaks.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) summoned Meta’s global public policy chief after a video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was temporarily taken down from the social media company’s Facebook platform in India Tuesday morning, people in the know told ET. Meta told a news agency that the video was erroneously removed and that it has been restored.The Prime Minister shared the video on July 23 as part of his outreach to

( Originally published on Jul 28, 2026 )

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