The government plans to meet senior representatives of social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Google here soon to nudge them into acting on requests to pull down objectionable content, particularly uploads that may incite communal sentiments.

The meeting, which is likely to be attended by representatives of department of electronics and IT (DeitY), home ministry and the intelligence agencies, comes in the wake of the Dadri incident where rumours of cow slaughter allegedly led a mob to attack Mohammad Akhlaq, who later succumbed to his injuries, and his son Danish.