Government sources said it was made clear to the Meta team that they are not covered under the ‘intermediary’ definition. The social media platform selects who receives the content, and Safe harbour under the IT Act is not applicable, according to sources. Meta team admitted that a lot of money was paid for boosting a certain type of content; they apologised and regretted the mistake, they added. Meta team, including Global Affairs officer Joel Kaplan, on Wednesday met IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and had a separate meeting with IT Secretary S Krishnan. The company, which owns Facebook, had said that the content was removed “in error” and was subsequently restored on the platform.