Meta has told an Indian parliamentary committee that it is ready to apologise for the temporary removal of a video post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Facebook, after the incident triggered demands for legal action and accountability. Joel Kaplan, Meta's chief global affairs officer, met with India's Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and stated: "I apologised to the Minister on behalf of Meta for the error restricting PM Modi's post." The parliamentary standing committee on communications and information technology, which cannot impose penalties directly but has written to government ministries demanding action, warned that Meta could lose its safe harbour protections under India's IT Act — shielding it from liability for user-generated content — if Mark Zuckerberg did not issue an unqualified apology within three days. The Modi video, posted on 23 July during youth-led protests over exam irregularities and job shortages, was briefly taken down before being restored; Meta attributed the removal to a technical error, an explanation the government deemed inadequate. India is Meta's largest market by users, giving the standoff significant commercial stakes for the company.