Meta India's VP Apologises On Behalf Of CEO Mark Zuckerberg Over Remarks On India Poll
2 months, 1 week ago

Meta India's VP Apologises On Behalf Of CEO Mark Zuckerberg Over Remarks On India Poll

ABP News  

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Wedensday said that the Parliamentary Committee will summon Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg over his remarks regarding the outcome of India's 2024 general elections, and Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw also fact-checked the Meta chief's statement. While responding to the Union Minister's post, Meta India's vice president Shivanand Thukral said, "Dear Honourable Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Mark's observation that many incumbent parties were not re-elected in 2024 elections holds true for several countries, but not India. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw then fact-checked Zuckerberg's remarks and stated that the people of India had reaffirmed their trust in the coalition led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in last year's Lok Sabha election. Mr. Zuckerberg’s claim that most incumbent governments, including India in 2024 elections,… — Ashwini Vaishnaw January 13, 2025 He added, "From free food for 800 million, 2.2 billion free vaccines, and aid to nations worldwide during COVID, to leading India as the fastest-growing major economy, PM Modi's decisive 3rd-term victory is a testament to good governance and public trust.

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Meta apologises over Zuckerberg’s remark
2 months, 1 week ago

Meta apologises over Zuckerberg’s remark

Hindustan Times  

Meta’s India public policy head apologised on X to IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw over Mark Zuckerberg’s remarks about India made in an episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast and called the Meta boss’s statement an “inadvertent error” after the minister schooled Zuckerberg about the result of India’s 2024 national election. n the podcast episode released on January 10, Mark Zuckerberg said …

What made Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta apologise to India? Row explained in 5 points
2 months, 1 week ago

What made Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta apologise to India? Row explained in 5 points

Live Mint  

Two days after a ‘summons’ warning from Parliament's Standing Committee, Meta India on Wednesday, January 15, apologised for his CEO Mark Zuckerberg's remarks in a podcast that the ruling dispensation in India lost the Lok Sabha election 2024 over issues arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic. When Ashwini Vaishnaw debunked Mark Zuckerberg's remark Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday, January …

Meta forced to apologise for Mark Zuckerberg’s comments about Modi election ‘loss’
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2 months, 1 week ago

Meta forced to apologise for Mark Zuckerberg’s comments about Modi election ‘loss’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Shivnath Thukral, Meta India’s vice president of public policy, …

Meta India apologises for CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s remark on 2024 elections, terms it “inadvertent error”
2 months, 1 week ago

Meta India apologises for CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s remark on 2024 elections, terms it “inadvertent error”

The Hindu  

Meta India on Wednesday apologised for CEO Mark Zuckerberg's remarks during a podcast that the incumbent government in India lost power in the 2024 elections, and termed it an "inadvertent error". Taking to X, Meta India's vice president Shivnath Thukral wrote: "Dear Honourable Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw, Mark's observation that many incumbent parties were not re-elected in 2024 elections holds true for …

Meta India apologises for CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s remark on 2024 elections, terms it “inadvertent error”
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2 months, 1 week ago

Meta India apologises for CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s remark on 2024 elections, terms it “inadvertent error”

The Hindu  

Meta India on Wednesday apologised for CEO Mark Zuckerberg's remarks during a podcast that the incumbent government in India lost power in the 2024 elections, and termed it an "inadvertent error". Taking to X, Meta India's vice president Shivnath Thukral wrote: "Dear Honourable Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw, Mark's observation that many incumbent parties were not re-elected in 2024 elections holds true for …

Meta apologises for Zuckerberg’s 2024 ‘Poll Loss’ remark: Calls it an 'Inadvertent Error'
2 months, 1 week ago

Meta apologises for Zuckerberg’s 2024 ‘Poll Loss’ remark: Calls it an 'Inadvertent Error'

India TV News  

Meta India reportedly issued an apology on Wednesday after Mark Zuckerberg’s controversial comment raised a debate related to the Indian government for losing power in the 2024 elections because of a stir. Meta’s public apology on Zuckerberg’s statement In response to Shivnath Thukral’s post on X, Meta India’s Vice President issued a formal apology via Twitter. Zuckerberg’s claim is factually …

‘Victory’: BJP after Meta apologises for Zuckerberg's remarks on polls in India
2 months, 1 week ago

‘Victory’: BJP after Meta apologises for Zuckerberg's remarks on polls in India

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday termed as “victory of citizens of India” the apology by Meta for its CEO Mark Zuckerberg's remarks on the elections in the country in 2024. What Meta said Meta India’s vice president Shivnath Thukral apologised on Tuesday night for its CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s statement that the incumbent government in India lost elections …

Inadvertent error: Meta apologises for Mark Zuckerberg's 2024 poll loss remark
2 months, 1 week ago

Inadvertent error: Meta apologises for Mark Zuckerberg's 2024 poll loss remark

India Today  

Meta India apologised on Wednesday for Mark Zuckerberg's remark that the incumbent government in India lost power in the 2024 elections, calling it an "inadvertent error". The apology by Meta India's Vice President comes a day after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, who heads the parliamentary panel on IT, said it would summon the company's officials over the remark. "Mark Zuckerberg's …

Meta India apologises for Zuckerberg’s comment on 2024 Lok Sabha polls, calls it "inadvertent error"
2 months, 1 week ago

Meta India apologises for Zuckerberg’s comment on 2024 Lok Sabha polls, calls it "inadvertent error"

New Indian Express  

After the apology by Meta India, Dubey, who heads the Parliament's Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology, said he treated the matter as "closed." Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Electronics & Information Technology Vaishnaw had called out Zuckerberg for making misleading statements about India where Prime Minister Narendra Modi had won a consecutive third term. "Mr Zuckerberg's claim that …

House panel to summon Meta for CEO Zuckerberg's claim on Indian elections
2 months, 1 week ago

House panel to summon Meta for CEO Zuckerberg's claim on Indian elections

The Hindu  

Seeking an apology from social media giant Meta for "tarnishing" India's image, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, who heads the Parliament's Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology, said on Tuesday that the panel will summon the firm following its chairman's comments that India's ruling dispensation lost the Lok Sabha election last year. He was reacting to Information and Broadcasting Minister …

India’s parliamentary panel to summon Meta over Zuckerberg’s remarks on 2024 Lok Sabha election
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2 months, 1 week ago

India’s parliamentary panel to summon Meta over Zuckerberg’s remarks on 2024 Lok Sabha election

Firstpost  

Parliamentary IT Standing Committee Chairman Nishikant Dubey has said he’d summon Meta and make it apologise for its CEO Mark Zuckerburg’s recent comment on 2024 Indian elections Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook and Instagram would be ending their current third party fact checking programme in the United States and instead begin moving to a Community Notes programme. In …

Parliamentary Panel To Summon Meta Over Zuckerberg's India Poll Remark
2 months, 1 week ago

Parliamentary Panel To Summon Meta Over Zuckerberg's India Poll Remark

ABP News  

The Parliamentary committee will summon Meta over its CEO Mark Zuckerberg's remarks regarding the outcome of India's 2024 general elections, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey said on Tuesday. In a recent podcast, Zuckerberg incorrectly cited India's example while talking about recent election losses around the world. Mr. Zuckerberg’s claim that most incumbent governments, including India in 2024 elections, lost post-COVID is …

Mark Zuckerberg in trouble, Meta likely to get India summons over 2024 Lok Sabha election remark
2 months, 1 week ago

Mark Zuckerberg in trouble, Meta likely to get India summons over 2024 Lok Sabha election remark

Live Mint  

Trouble seems to be mounting for Mark Zuckerberg as a Parliamentary committee is expected to summon META over the Facebook founder’s “factually incorrect” statement, which described the Lok Sabha 2024 election as a loss for the “incumbent” government due to its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Zuckerberg’s claim that most incumbent governments, including India in 2024 elections, lost post-COVID is …

Meta in trouble after Mark Zuckerberg's election claim, faces parliamentary summons
2 months, 1 week ago

Meta in trouble after Mark Zuckerberg's election claim, faces parliamentary summons

India Today  

Social media giant Meta is staring at a parliamentary panel summons following CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s controversial remarks about the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Zuckerberg, during an appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, claimed that the PM Modi-led dispensation lost the Lok Sabha polls due to its “weak Covid-19 response.” BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee …

Vaishnaw fact-checks Zuckerberg on Lok Sabha poll results
2 months, 1 week ago

Vaishnaw fact-checks Zuckerberg on Lok Sabha poll results

Deccan Chronicle  

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw hit back at Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Monday for making a "factually incorrect" statement that the incumbent government in India lost the election in 2024 due to its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.Zuckerberg, chairman and CEO of Meta Platforms, triggered a row by claiming in a podcast interview that the Indian government lost the election …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to get Parliamentary panel summon over his recent remark
2 months, 1 week ago

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to get Parliamentary panel summon over his recent remark

India TV News  

Dr. Nishikant Dubey, who chairs the parliamentary committee on Communications and Information Technology, recently announced that the committee plans to summon Meta in response to a statement made by CEO Mark Zuckerberg regarding the 18th Lok Sabha elections. This statement follows Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw's criticism of Zuckerberg's claim that the incumbent Indian government lost the 2024 elections due to …

People of India Reaffirmed their Trust in the NDA Led by PM Modi: Ashwini Vaishnaw
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2 months, 1 week ago

People of India Reaffirmed their Trust in the NDA Led by PM Modi: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw criticised Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and called him "factually incorrect" over his remark that most incumbent governments, including India in 2024 elections, lost post-COVID. Mr. Zuckerberg's claim that most incumbent governments, including India in the 2024 elections, lost post-COVID is factually incorrect. From free food for 800 million, 2.2 billion free vaccines, and aid …

Vaishnaw counters Zuckerberg: ‘Didn’t lose polls’
2 months, 1 week ago

Vaishnaw counters Zuckerberg: ‘Didn’t lose polls’

Hindustan Times  

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg ran afoul of the Indian government over comments he made in the Joe Rogan podcast on January 10, causing union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to tell him to “uphold facts and credibility” in a tweet and YouTube comment posted on Monday. IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told Zuckerberg to “uphold facts and credibility” following his comments on …

Minister terms Meta CEO’s description of Indian election as ‘misinformation’
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2 months, 1 week ago

Minister terms Meta CEO’s description of Indian election as ‘misinformation’

The Hindu  

Union Minister for Railways, Information and Broadcasting, and Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday accused Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg of furthering “misinformation” following the latter’s characterisation of the 2024 General Election as a loss for the “incumbent” government. “I kind of think that the reaction to COVID probably caused a breakdown of trust in a lot …

Ashwini Vaishnaw slams Zuckerberg over ‘Modi lost 2024 election’ claim, asks Meta to uphold 'facts'
2 months, 1 week ago

Ashwini Vaishnaw slams Zuckerberg over ‘Modi lost 2024 election’ claim, asks Meta to uphold 'facts'

Firstpost  

Zuckerberg’s claim that most incumbent governments, including India in 2024 elections, lost post-COVID is factually incorrect,” said Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in a post on X After Mark Zuckerberg recently said that most incumbent governments worldwide, including India, were defeated in elections held post-Covid-19, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday slammed the Meta CEO for spreading “factually incorrect” information on …

Ashwini Vaishnaw fact-checks Mark Zuckerberg over India polls remark: 'Misinformation'
2 months, 1 week ago

Ashwini Vaishnaw fact-checks Mark Zuckerberg over India polls remark: 'Misinformation'

Hindustan Times  

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday called out Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg's erroneous assertion that India's incumbent party lost all major elections, saying it was disappointing to see the billionaire dishing out misinformation. Mr. Zuckerberg’s claim that most incumbent governments, including India in the 2024 elections, lost post-COVID is factually incorrect," he said. "From free food for 800 million, 2.2 …

Ashwini Vaishnaw fact-checks Mark Zuckerberg’s comment over ‘misinformation’, says ‘PM Modi’s decisive 3rd-term…’
2 months, 1 week ago

Ashwini Vaishnaw fact-checks Mark Zuckerberg’s comment over ‘misinformation’, says ‘PM Modi’s decisive 3rd-term…’

Live Mint  

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday took to social media to address comments made by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg regarding the outcome of the 2024 Indian elections. Zuckerberg’s claim that most incumbent governments, including India in 2024 elections, lost post-COVID is factually incorrect,” Vaishnaw said. During his appearance on "The Joe Rogan Experience," Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed that incumbent …

Union minister Vaishnaw fact-checks Zuckerberg claim on Lok Sabha election results
Top News
2 months, 1 week ago

Union minister Vaishnaw fact-checks Zuckerberg claim on Lok Sabha election results

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw, on Monday called out Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, describing his statement claiming that the incumbent party lost the 2024 elections in India post-COVID as "factually incorrect." He stated, “As the world’s largest democracy, India conducted the 2024 elections with over 640 million voters. Mr. Zuckerberg’s claim that most incumbent governments, …

Union minister Vaishnaw fact-checks Zuckerberg on Lok Sabha poll results
2 months, 1 week ago

Union minister Vaishnaw fact-checks Zuckerberg on Lok Sabha poll results

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw countered Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Monday on his claim that after the COVID-19 pandemic, most incumbent governments, including the one in India, lost elections in 2024, asserting that his statement was "factually incorrect". In a post on X, Vaishnaw said as the world's largest democracy, India conducted the 2024 general election involving more …

Ashwini Vaishnaw fact-checks Mark Zuckerberg on Lok Sabha poll results claim
2 months, 1 week ago

Ashwini Vaishnaw fact-checks Mark Zuckerberg on Lok Sabha poll results claim

India Today  

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has refuted Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's claim regarding the outcome of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Zuckerberg's comments, specifically mentioning India, provoked a sharp response from the government, with Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw calling him out incorrect claims that the PM Modi-led government had lost the 2024 elections. Vaishnaw highlighted the factual inaccuracy of Zuckerberg's statement …

Vaishnaw fact-checks Mark Zuckerberg on Lok Sabha poll results, says 'disappointing to see misinformation'
2 months, 1 week ago

Vaishnaw fact-checks Mark Zuckerberg on Lok Sabha poll results, says 'disappointing to see misinformation'

India TV News  

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday fact-checked Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on his claim that after the COVID-19 pandemic, most incumbent governments, including the one in India, lost elections in 2024, asserting that his statement was "factually incorrect". In a post on X, Vaishnaw said as the world's largest democracy, India conducted the 2024 general election involving more than 640 …

Union minister Vaishnaw fact-checks Meta CEO Zuckerberg's claim on Lok Sabha poll results
Top News
2 months, 1 week ago

Union minister Vaishnaw fact-checks Meta CEO Zuckerberg's claim on Lok Sabha poll results

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw, on Monday called out Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, describing his statement claiming that the incumbent party lost the 2024 elections in India post-COVID as "factually incorrect." He stated, “As the world’s largest democracy, India conducted the 2024 elections with over 640 million voters. Mr. Zuckerberg’s claim that most incumbent governments, …

Mark Zuckerberg falsely claims Modi government lost India’s 2024 election
2 months, 1 week ago

Mark Zuckerberg falsely claims Modi government lost India’s 2024 election

Op India  

On 10th January, Joe Rogan published a two-hour-long podcast with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, where they discussed several topics including content moderation, trust in governments, COVID-19, algorithms, government influence, and more. During the discussion, Zuckerberg surprisingly suggested that the incumbent Modi government in India lost during elections held in 2024. Referring to the elections held around the world in 2024, …

Mark Zuckerberg Is Cozying Up to the Right. The Reason Why Is Gross.
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg Is Cozying Up to the Right. The Reason Why Is Gross.

Slate  

Just in case you ever believed that Mark Zuckerberg came to understand the gravity of his role as the head of a Big Tech megaconglomerate whose apps serve as essential communication infrastructure for almost half of the world, he’s now doing everything he can to disabuse you of that generous notion. It’s also something about the way he and his …

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