Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has directed officials in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to summon Meta over Instagram advertisements promoting child sexual abuse material, sources said on Friday.The ministry would seek an explanation from Meta regarding the issue, the sources added.Separately, a team from Meta met ministry officials following the notice summoning them on the rollout of the ‘username’ feature on WhatsApp in India, the sources said. Ministry officials sensitised them about the government’s concern regarding the feature. As the timeline for furnishing the explanation on the username feature is three days, they would submit their final reply as per the schedule, officials said.This is the second time in a week when the government has turned up the heat on Meta. On Wednesday, the Centre served the company with a notice over WhatsApp’s proposed usernames feature, warning that it could significantly heighten the risk of online fraud, phishing, impersonation and so-called “digital arrest” scams.It has also directed the platform to pause the feature until consultations on the issue are completed “to the satisfaction of the government”. The Centre had also directed Meta to explain why regulatory action under the IT Act ought not to be initiated against it for launching a feature that may increase cybercrime.The government also reminded Meta that WhatsApp, as a significant social media intermediary, was bound by due diligence obligations under the IT Act and rules.Notably, after the government’s notice, Meta-owned WhatsApp on Thursday had released a set of frequently asked questions on its upcoming username feature, outlining the safeguards it plans to implement to prevent impersonation, scams and unwanted contact as people begin reserving usernames ahead of the feature’s rollout later this year.