Delhi Police registers FIR over alleged abuse material on Meta

Delhi Police registered a First Information Report concerning the alleged availability of child sexual exploitation and abuse material on platforms operated by Meta, according to National Human Rights Commission member Priyank Kanoongo. He said the police acted on directions from authorities. The FIR’s contents and the evidence behind the allegations have not been made public in the reports describing the registration. The announcement comes amid a separate inquiry by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights into alleged advertisements involving such material on Meta platforms. The commission issued Meta a notice on July 3, 2026, seeking an explanation. Meta responded a week later, and the NCPCR proceeded with a formal inquiry, according to an account of the proceedings. A hearing for Meta India’s managing director and head was scheduled for September 16; the reports do not establish its outcome. Meta said it would report child-safety matters directly to the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, or I4C, which operates under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The company described the change as a direct reporting process to the government’s cybercrime portal. The...