After an activist disobeyed a POFMA order issued to her last week, two social media platforms were given targeted correction instructions under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act ( POFMA ).  ,
On October 5, advocate Kokila Annamalai received the order for comments she had made on Twitter and X.
The Ministry of Home Affairs ( MHA ) falsely stated on Friday ( October 11 ) that” the government schedules and stays executions arbitrarily and without regard to due legal process, and that the State does not bear the legal burden of proving a drug trafficking charge against the accused person.  ,
More explanations of Ms Annamalai’s claims were provided in an article on the authorities fact-checking website Objectively.
Ms. . Annamalai was required to post a correction see on the two articles in accordance with the order, but she has not done so.
Following Ms. Kokila Annamalai’s non-compliance, the Minister for Home Affairs has instructed the POFMA Office to challenge a precise adjustment order to Meta Platforms and X, according to a media release from MHA.  ,
According to the precise adjustment order, Meta and X must notify customers who have seen the articles that they contain false statements, according to the statement.  ,
According to the government, it also requires that the platforms provide users with a link to the post on Factually.  ,
MHA stated that it would send Ms. Annamalai to the POFMA Office for “investigations into her non-compliance with the adjustment course that was issued to her on October 5th.