New Delhi: Facebook reportedly has 20 “locally illegal” markers for India, including posts on Kashmir, depictions of the flag on clothing below the waist and ‘defamation’ of deities.According to a report in the Indian Express, the social media platform has 15,000 employees who review posts reported by users or chosen by the company’s algorithm. This team decides whether a post should be allowed, taken down or sent to “content policy teams”.The newspaper, which claims to have accessed the company’s internal documents, reports that Facebook says it does not block any of these “locally illegal” posts until a request from any local agency is deemed to be legally “valid”.However, the guidelines show that such content in India is still supposed to be flagged by moderators for review.Also read: Believe it or Not: In Modi’s India, Saying This Will Get You Jailed for a YearThese are some of the types of “locally illegal” Facebook content in India:maps of Kashmir and Aksai Chain,posts supporting a separate Kashmiri state, with moderators told to look out for the terms “Azad Kashmir, Free Kashmir, Kashmir belongs to Pakistan” and “Look for maps invading territories, people protesting, etc”,images of Mohammad, andposts defaming deities, such as “Negative remarks of mocking images about religious gods & prophets”, “Comparing deities” and “Calling for new states based on religious community”.Facebook has said in the past that it does not consider speech attacking a religion or belief as hate speech, globally or in India. However, the released internal policy suggests otherwise.freeAccording to the Indian Express, Facebook’s transparency report says that requests from Indian official agencies to take down posts have reduced dramatically – from 30,000 in 2015 to 3,000 in 2017.These revelations about Facebook have come at a time when freedom of expression on social media is already being debated. The Centre is currently proposing to amend the IT Act, making it necessary for platforms to take down and report “unlawful” content.