Facebook India chief Ajit Mohan appears before Parliamentary panel

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has claimed that the world media has “uncovered” Fb and WhatsApp’s “brazen attack” on India’s democracy.

Amid a political slugfest over the Facebook factor, the corporate’s India head Ajit Mohan on Wednesday gave the impression earlier than a parliamentary panel, which is discussing alleged misuse of social media platforms.

The Parliamentary Status Committee on Data Generation, headed through senior Congress chief Shashi Tharoor, had referred to as representatives of Fb to listen to their perspectives “with regards to safeguarding voters’ rights and prevention of misuse of social/on-line information media platforms together with particular emphasis on girls safety within the virtual house,” consistent with time table of the assembly.

Mohan, Managing Director of Fb India, gave the impression earlier than the panel this afternoon, officers stated. The panel has also known as representatives of the Ministry of Electronics and Data Generation at the identical factor.

Tharoor’s announcement that the panel wish to pay attention from Fb a couple of document revealed within the Wall Boulevard Magazine claiming that the social media platform disregarded making use of its hate-speech regulations to politicians of the BJP in India, had evoked a robust response from BJP contributors of the panel.

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey had alleged that the Congress chief has been the usage of the panel’s platform to additional his and his celebration’s political time table or even demanded his removing as chairman.

A recent spherical of political slugfest began at the topic on Monday with Congress chief Rahul Gandhi claiming that the world media has “uncovered” Fb and WhatsApp’s “brazen attack” on India’s democracy and social team spirit.

“No person, let by myself a international corporate, may also be allowed to intervene in our country’s affairs. They will have to be investigated right away and when discovered responsible, punished,” Gandhi tweeted.

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad additionally wrote to Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday, accusing the social media platform’s workers of supporting other people from a political predisposition that misplaced successive elections, and “abusing” Top Minister and senior cupboard ministers.

In a three-page letter to Facebook Chief Executive Zuckerberg, Prasad alleged “bias and inactiveness” through people within the Fb India group on lawsuits through other people supportive of right-of-centre ideology.

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