Police in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad have registered a case against the head of Meta India over multiple videos posted on the company’s Facebook platform that depicted Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an “abusive manner”, a senior police officer said on Friday.
Police are preparing to send a notice to Meta Platforms regarding the case, which had not been issued as of Friday, said V Aravind Babu, deputy commissioner of police for cyber crimes in Hyderabad.
Meta did not immediately respond to Reuters ’ requests for comment on Friday.
The case adds to a string of tensions between Meta and Modi’s government over content tied to the prime minister.
India’s IT ministry summoned Meta executives this week after Facebook briefly restricted a Modi post last week, with a top official saying the government wanted Meta to explain the matter at the highest level.
A Meta spokesperson said at the time that the post, which was Modi’s first where he addressed massive student protests that forced the resignation of the education minister , had been blocked inadvertently.
Modi has also come in for a barrage of online criticism, jokes and ridicule by protesters in recent weeks.
India is Facebook’s biggest market by users.
