Overview

• The verified page went offline around 6 pm Friday and reappeared Saturday morning, leaving more than eight million followers without access for roughly 15–16 hours.
• A Meta spokesperson said the page was restored once the issue was brought to the company’s notice, and no detailed explanation of the underlying trigger was provided.
• Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the government had no role and that Facebook acted under its policies after what he described as an abusive or violent sexual post.
• Yadav said his posts were wrongly flagged under “Adult Sexual Exploitation and Violence,” asserting they concerned the killing of a journalist and the death of a woman in Ballia.
• Samajwadi Party leaders alleged political interference and sought a probe, as the party’s IT team contacted Facebook to escalate the issue and Yadav returned with a post paying tribute to Jayaprakash Narayan.