New Delhi: Representatives of social media platforms like Google, Meta, YouTube and top officials of the ministries of Home and MeitY Monday appeared before a parliamentary panel on the issue of social media regulation. Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) S Krishnan and representatives of social and digital media platforms –Snapchat, Google, X (formerly Twitter), Meta (Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram) and YouTube — appeared before the committee to discuss the subject ‘Social and Digital platforms and their regulation’. While the US-headquartered social media giant had attributed the incident to a technical glitch and apologised, the MeitY found the explanation “inadequate”. Sources further said that the impact of social media on society is well-documented. They also cited studies indicating the extent to which the excessive use of social media can adversely affect the cognitive and mental well-being of children and others.