Facebook’s India team, including policy chief Thukral and communications head Bipasha Chakrabarti, was especially nervous after police raids on Twitter, two people recalled.

By November, Facebook’s user base in India was 447 million strong, lagging its Meta sister apps. WhatsApp — which Facebook acquired in 2014 — had 563 million Indian users. Instagram, bought ...

India's government on Friday warned social media firms including Facebook and YouTube to repeatedly remind users that local laws prohibit them from posting deepfakes and content that spreads ...