The Centre has summoned senior Meta executives after Facebook briefly restricted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's post, seeking an explanation and assurances against similar incidents.

NEW DELHI: The Centre has summoned senior executives of US technology giant Meta after Facebook briefly restricted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's video message last week, with the government seeking an explanation from the company over the incident.

The post has since garnered more than 404 million views on Instagram.

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