A deep dive into what is really going on between The Wire and Meta

It all started when the news service had alleged that Meta gave some of its users, namely BJP's IT cell chief Amit Malviya, special privileges to take down any post from Instagram

News outlet The Wire on Sunday retracted a string of reports about social media giant Meta, and said that an investigation of its recent reports is still ongoing.

In its earlier reports, the news service had alleged that Meta gave some of its users, namely Bharatiya Janata Party’s IT cell chief Amit Malviya, special privileges through its X-Check program to take down any post from social media platform Instagram.

This led to a back and forth between the news outlet and the social media giant. Meta has denied The Wire's  allegations, claiming all of them were fabricated, while The Wire has launched