The public policy executive was named in media reports about the social media giant’s political bias in favour of the ruling party in India. It was only a few weeks earlier that Facebook’s South Asia public policy director Ankhi Das was at the centre of a political and media storm. A report by the Wall ...

On Saturday, Delhi Assembly panel issued a notice to Facebook India Vice President and Managing Director Ajit Mohan asking him to appear before the panel on September 15 in connection with Delhi riots and the company’s ignorant attitude towards hate messages posted on its forums. The complaints filed against the social media platform alleged its ...

After the Wall Street Journal report on hate speech on social media, there has been growing controversy over the BJP’s nexus with Facebook. On Monday, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey asks all NDA MPs in the House Panel to write to the Lok Sabha Speaker against I&T Committee Chairman Dr. Shashi Tharoor on summoning Facebook without ...

On 29 April, in an interview with NDTV on US’ Religious Freedom Watchdog Criticizes India over Violence against Minorities, Dr. Shashi Tharoor expressed severe concerns over the picture that has been projected in the 2020 report. Dr. Tharoor stated that to see India’s image under assault in the USCIRF report is somewhat disgracing; the religious ...