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Revoke order barring Sikhs from wearing kirpan at airports: Associations
2 months ago

Revoke order barring Sikhs from wearing kirpan at airports: Associations

Hindustan Times  

The Amritsar Vikas Manch and FlyAmritsar Initiative on Tuesday urged Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Harjinder Singh Dhami, chairperson of National Commission for Minorities Iqbal Singh Lalpura, and civil aviation minister Rammohan Naidu to address the restrictions imposed on Sikh passengers and employees wearing kirpans and other religious symbols at Indian airports. The organisations are advocating for revisions to the …

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India link in whistleblower’s complaint against Facebook
3 years, 3 months ago

India link in whistleblower’s complaint against Facebook

Hindustan Times  

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hit back Tuesday at claims that the social media giant fuels division, harms children and needs to be regulated, saying the claim the company puts profits over safety is “just not true.” A Facebook whistleblower told US lawmakers Tuesday that the social media giant fuels division, harms children and urgently needs to be regulated, drawing pledges …

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Shivnath Thukral, WhatsApp public policy director to replace Ankhi Das as interim policy head, says report
4 years, 2 months ago

Shivnath Thukral, WhatsApp public policy director to replace Ankhi Das as interim policy head, says report

India Today  

Ankhi Das stepped down as Facebook public policy director for India, South and Central Asia on Tuesday. Thukral worked for two years as the Facebook’s public policy director for India and South Asia until March 2020. The TIME allegations are significant because the resignation of Ankhi Das came several weeks after the Wall Street Journal and TIME highlighted how she …

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Ankhi Das quits Facebook
4 years, 2 months ago

Ankhi Das quits Facebook

The Hindu  

Facebook’s India policy head Ankhi Das, who was at the centre of the controversy over the social media network’s alleged bias in favour of the ruling Modi-led government, and violation of its own hate speech policy in India, has quit the company. The controversy over Facebook’s and Ms. Das’s role in not adequately controlling hate speech on the platform, and …

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Facebook India policy head Ankhi Das resigns weeks after hate speech controversy
4 years, 2 months ago

Facebook India policy head Ankhi Das resigns weeks after hate speech controversy

India Today  

Ankhi Das is leaving Facebook on Tuesday. Das, who has been a top executive working as the director of public policy for India, South and Central Asia regions of Facebook operations, is departing at a crucial time right when she is facing allegations over skewing with company’s content moderation policy to promote Bhartiya Jantiya Party. On the contrary, Facebook is …

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Amazon refuses to appear before Parliament committee on Data Protection Bill
4 years, 2 months ago

Amazon refuses to appear before Parliament committee on Data Protection Bill

India TV News  

E-commerce giant Amazon has reportedly refused to appear before a Joint Committee of Parliament on the issue of protection of data and its privacy. Amazon, along with Facebook and Twitter, was asked to appear before the committee, however, the e-commerce company said that it will not be able to oblige due to risks associated with travelling since their subject matter …

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Parliament panel mulls action against Amazon
4 years, 2 months ago

Parliament panel mulls action against Amazon

The Hindu  

Facebook India’s policy head Ankhi Das on Friday appeared before the Joint Committee of Parliament that is examining the draft Data Protection Bill. Stating that Amazon’s “refusal” amounts to a breach of parliamentary privilege, BJP MP and chairperson of the JPC, Meenakshi Lekhi, told reporters that the panel was unanimous about taking “coercive action” if no one from the company …

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Facebook's Ankhi Das questioned by Parliament panel, Amazon team refuses to appear
4 years, 2 months ago

Facebook's Ankhi Das questioned by Parliament panel, Amazon team refuses to appear

India Today  

Facebook's India policy head Ankhi Das on Friday appeared before a Parliament panel on the issue of data security. The India policy head of Facebook appeared before the panel weeks after a report in the Wall Street Journal alleged that she stopped the content moderation team at Facebook from taking action against some BJP leaders for hate speech. Meanwhile, sources …

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Facebook Row: Why Joint Parliamentary Committee Probe May Not Help
4 years, 4 months ago

Facebook Row: Why Joint Parliamentary Committee Probe May Not Help

The Quint  

In light of the Wall Street Journal report that Ms Ankhi Das, the head of Facebook’s public policy team in India, had opposed taking action against the Facebook accounts of BJP politicians who were uploading hate speech posts, and another report revealing that Das had allegedly claimed credit for ‘boosting’ Narendra Modi’s social media campaign in the run up to …

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Facebook bans BJP politician Raja Singh for violating hate speech policy
4 years, 4 months ago

Facebook bans BJP politician Raja Singh for violating hate speech policy

The Hindu  

Amid a controversy over its alleged bias in implementing its own hate speech rules in India, Facebook has banned BJP leader T. Raja Singh from its platforms for ‘violating its policy on content promoting violence and hate’. Ankhi Das’s posts A separate report by the paper said Ms. Das, over the past years, had shown support for the BJP via …

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Posts by Facebook’s Ankhi Das show political bias, says new report
4 years, 4 months ago

Posts by Facebook’s Ankhi Das show political bias, says new report

The Hindu  

Even as Facebook is facing criticism over allegations of bias towards the Modi-led government, according to a new report by The Wall Street Journal, the company’s head of policy in India Ankhi Das has over the past years shown support for the BJP via posts in a Facebook group for employees, while disparaging the Opposition. Stating that some staff saw …

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Ankhi Das openly supported BJP on Facebook's internal group, says WSJ report; Congress seeks criminal probe against social media giant
4 years, 4 months ago

Ankhi Das openly supported BJP on Facebook's internal group, says WSJ report; Congress seeks criminal probe against social media giant

Firstpost  

According to the report, messages written by Das showed her praising Narendra Modi as the ‘strongman’ who ended the Congress’ hold in India Facebook’s policy director for India and South and Central Asia, Ankhi Das, posted messages of her support for BJP for several years on an internal group of the company’s employees, detailing efforts to help the party win …

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The campaign against Ankhi Das is to make Facebook bend to the Left
4 years, 4 months ago

The campaign against Ankhi Das is to make Facebook bend to the Left

Op India  

The liberal brigade is up in arms against Ankhi Das of Facebook again for her alleged bias in favour of the ruling dispensation. New allegations, again raised by the Wall Street Journal, claim that between 2012 and 2014, Ankhi Das engaged in behaviour that according to Facebook staffers betrayed the platform’s commitment to neutrality on politics. He said, “These posts …

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We’re Transparent & Non-Partisan, Claims Facebook India VP in Blog
4 years, 4 months ago

We’re Transparent & Non-Partisan, Claims Facebook India VP in Blog

The Quint  

The VP's blog comes days after an investigative report in The Wall Street Journal pointed out how political affiliations have had bearing on the implementation of policies by Facebook in India. The report revealed how, despite the insistence of Facebook employees to permanently ban the profile of BJP MP T Raja Singh for promoting hate speech, the company's top public …

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Hate Speech Row: Shashi Tharoor-Led Parliamentary Panel Summons Facebook On Sept 2
4 years, 4 months ago

Hate Speech Row: Shashi Tharoor-Led Parliamentary Panel Summons Facebook On Sept 2

ABP News  

In the latest development in the controversy over alleged 'misuse' of social media platforms by BJP, the Shashi Tharoor led parliamentary standing committee on Information Technology has summoned Facebook on September 2. ALSO READ| Congress Writes To Mark Zuckerberg Over Hate Speech Row, Demands Probe Into Conduct Of Facebook India's Team A day before, the panel will also discuss the …

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Police ask FB, Twitter for details in Ankhi Das case
4 years, 4 months ago

Police ask FB, Twitter for details in Ankhi Das case

The Hindu  

Delhi Police has written to Facebook and Twitter seeking details of accused mentioned by the public policy director of Facebook for India, Ankhi Das, in her complaint, a senior officer said on Wednesday. On Monday, the police had registered an FIR based on a complaint filed by Ms. Das, stating that she has been receiving threats and offensive messages on …

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Eleven Facebook employees ask company to denounce 'anti-Muslim bigotry' in open letter, says report
4 years, 4 months ago

Eleven Facebook employees ask company to denounce 'anti-Muslim bigotry' in open letter, says report

Firstpost  

Facebook employees in the US and around the world are also raising questions about whether adequate procedures and content regulation practices were being followed by the India team, the report said Eleven Facebook employees, in an open letter to the company’s leadership, have demanded that it should acknowledge and denounce “anti-Muslim bigotry” and ensure more policy consistency, Reuters reported on …

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Saket Gokhale spreads fake news about Ankhi Das links with RSS
4 years, 4 months ago

Saket Gokhale spreads fake news about Ankhi Das links with RSS

Op India  

Ever since The Wall Street Journal published a report on August 14 alleging that a senior executive of the social media giant Facebook was allegedly favouring the BJP, the Congress party and its ecosystem have been continuously targetting the Ankhi Das, the public policy director of Facebook. Congress troll Saket Gokhale spreads fake news One such allegation was made by …

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Regulation of political content | Facebook employees internally question policy
4 years, 4 months ago

Regulation of political content | Facebook employees internally question policy

The Hindu  

Facebook and its top lobbying executive in India, Ankhi Das, are facing questions internally from employees over how political content is regulated in its biggest market, according to sources with direct knowledge and internal posts seen by Reuters. In the United States and around the world, Facebook employees are raising questions about whether adequate procedures and content regulation practices were …

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Swati Chaturvedi crops image to further Congress agenda
4 years, 4 months ago

Swati Chaturvedi crops image to further Congress agenda

Op India  

The Congress-left ecosystem has been trying to push its illusive conjecture of Facebook India being biased towards BJP and ‘journalist’ Swati Chaturvedi has become the latest to join the bandwagon. Taking to Twitter today, the self-proclaimed journalist, often known for her abusive rants on Twitter, shared an image of union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad with the senior Facebook India official …

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Does FB’s Selective Hate Speech Rules Threaten India’s Democracy?
4 years, 4 months ago

Does FB’s Selective Hate Speech Rules Threaten India’s Democracy?

The Quint  

Is Facebook simply a bystander in global politics or is it actively meddling in politics? Thanks to a report by the Wall Street Journal that was published on 14 August, there are some serious questions about Facebook’s “impartiality” when it comes to hate speeches by BJP members. The report alleges that Ankhi Das, Facebook’s top public policy executive in India, …

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Raipur-based journalist files FIR against Facebook India's public policy director for 'inciting communal animosity'
4 years, 4 months ago

Raipur-based journalist files FIR against Facebook India's public policy director for 'inciting communal animosity'

Firstpost  

The FIR against Facebook India’s public policy director Ankhi Das was filed by journalist Awesh Tiwari, who is named in a separate FIR filed by Das in Delhi The public policy director of Facebook India, Ankhi Das, along with two others, has been named in a first information report filed by Raipur-based journalist Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. As per The Quint, …

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FIR registered in Chhattisgarh against Ankhi Das, two Facebook users
4 years, 4 months ago

FIR registered in Chhattisgarh against Ankhi Das, two Facebook users

The Hindu  

The Raipur Police have registered a case against Ankhi Das, Public Policy Director of Facebook for India, South and Central Asia, and two other users of the social media platform, for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and intending to incite communal violence. In his complaint, Mr. Tiwari said that after he shared a Facebook post referring to a recent The Wall …

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Government panel set to summon Facebook officials
4 years, 4 months ago

Government panel set to summon Facebook officials

The Hindu  

The Delhi Assembly’s Peace and Harmony Committee on Monday said it has received multiple complaints against Facebook officials for “deliberate and intentional inaction” to contain hateful content in India for vested reasons. “The committee has received multiple complaints addressed to its chairman Raghav Chadha, underscoring the alleged instances of intentional and deliberate inaction on the part of social media platform …

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