Overview

• Yadav’s official page, followed by more than 8 million users, went offline around 6 p.m. Friday and was restored later, with a fresh post appearing Saturday morning.
• Sources in the IT ministry and Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Facebook enforced its policies and the government did not order the block.
• Yadav said his posts on a journalist’s death and a woman’s death in Ballia were wrongly flagged under “adult sexual exploitation and violence.”
• Samajwadi Party leaders labeled the suspension an attack on democracy and accused the BJP of trying to stifle dissent, while BJP figures dismissed the charge as a technical overreaction.
• Meta has not issued a detailed public explanation, renewing questions about platform transparency and the handling of political speech in India.