The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has summoned Meta India's managing director and head again for the second time as part of its ongoing inquiry into alleged Child Sexual Exploitative and Abuse Material (CSEAM) advertisements on the platform. The Commission has fixed September 16 for the next hearing and is expected to seek the personal appearance of Meta's India MD and head after the company was represented by senior executives at the previous hearing on September 9. The NCPCR had first issued a notice to Meta on July 3, 2026, seeking an explanation over CSEAM advertisements, with Meta submitting its response a week later. The commission subsequently decided to institute a formal inquiry to establish the facts of the case.
At the September 9 hearing, Meta's head did not appear and the company was represented by senior executives instead. Meta officials cited urgent reasons for the senior executive's non-appearance, following which the NCPCR directed that the company's India head be present at the next hearing. This represents a significant escalation in the commission's enforcement approach, as the NCPCR had previously summoned Meta India's Managing Director and Head of Meta India on September 9 as part of the inquiry, with Meta executives appearing before the Commission then.
The investigation stems from videos showing children allegedly being abused and ill-treated at an on-campus day-care facility run by a third-party service provider for Capgemini that surfaced in July. As reported by Business Standard, the facility was operated by external provider Little Scholars. Following the incident, Capgemini shut down the facility and began cooperating with relevant authorities to establish the facts. The Capgemini case represents part of a broader wave of child protection investigations by the NCPCR.
The NCPCR's persistent follow-up has prompted Meta to announce it will report child sexual abuse cases to the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) in India, marking a revision in its reporting policy. Meta has begun reporting such cases to the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), in addition to its existing reporting mechanisms, as reported by CNBCTV18.com. In a statement to Business Standard, Capgemini stated it was 'cooperating fully with the relevant authorities and assisting them in their efforts to establish the facts'. The company emphasized that 'at Capgemini, the safety and wellbeing of every child remain our highest priority' and that the situation at the daycare facility in Bengaluru was being treated with the utmost seriousness.
