In the ancient contest between sovereign authority and the borderless architecture of the internet, Meta now stands at a crossroads in India — its largest market by users — where a parliamentary panel has given CEO Mark Zuckerberg seventy-two hours to apologize for restricting a post by Prime Minister Modi or lose the legal immunity that makes operating at scale possible. The crisis, ignited by a brief and disputed content restriction during India's Gen Z protests, has surfaced deeper tensions over child safety failures, deepfakes, and the question of who ultimately governs speech on platforms