3 important questions about content moderation that remain unanswered by Meta

On October 6, The Wire news portal reported that Instagram, owned by Meta (formerly Facebook), took down a post by user @cringearchivist claiming it violated the social media site's content guidelines. The post, which was a video of a man performing aarti to an idol of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath, had been flagged down for violating the platform's standards on "sexual activity and nudity". The publication followed up with a report on October 10 claiming that Meta took down this post at the direction of Amit Malviya, the head of the Bharatiya Janata Party's social media cell. The Wire…