Congress Demands Probe Into Facebook For Its Alleged Bias Towards BJP
4 years, 4 months ago

Congress Demands Probe Into Facebook For Its Alleged Bias Towards BJP

News 18  

The Indian National Congress demanded a joint parliamentary committee probe into Facebook, following the latest report in a ‘credible international media’ exposing Facebook India’s alleged bias for the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party. The report cites an internal mail written by Facebook India’s public policy head Ankhi Das to her team, where she writes, “We lit a fire to his social media campaign and the rest is of course history.” This, allegedly referring to Narendra Modi’s victory in the 2014 general elections. What makes it worse is that Facebook’s global leadership team was well aware of the biases and partisanship of their India leadership team but were willing participants,” the Congress party said. When asked whether the Congress party is mulling legal action against Facebook, the party’s Data Cell head Praveen Chakravarty said, “At the moment we are highlighting these grave concerns about Facebook’s role in creating communal disharmony in India and its BJP bias which is as an assault on India’s electoral democracy.

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Expect This Election to Play Differently than 2020 on Social Media
2 months, 1 week ago

Expect This Election to Play Differently than 2020 on Social Media

Bloomberg  

Heading into the US presidential election four years ago, Facebook and Twitter instituted substantial policies to combat misleading political content, touted their investments into content moderation and promised to do all they could to avoid a free-for-all on their platforms. Just before Election Day in 2020, Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg told investors the election would be a test …

Zuckerberg says the White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Zuckerberg says the White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic and vowed that the social media giant would push back if it faced such demands again. In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Zuckerberg alleges that the officials, including those from …

Facebook crackdown against fake Chinese accounts that tried to spread fake news about India | Deets Here
1 year, 1 month ago

Facebook crackdown against fake Chinese accounts that tried to spread fake news about India | Deets Here

India TV News  

In its recent quarterly threat report, social media giant Meta has underlined a mounting concern involving fake Facebook accounts emanating from China, spreading fabricated news about India. These accounts, masquerading as Indian users, were extensively engaged in propagating deceptive information related to Indian politics and various national security matters. Notably, the Tibet-focused accounts posed as pro-independence activists who also accused …

Sonia Gandhi says social media being abused to hack democracy
2 years, 9 months ago

Sonia Gandhi says social media being abused to hack democracy

The Hindu  

The danger of social media being abused to hack democracy was rising and the government should put an end to the “systematic interference” of Facebook and other social media giants in electoral politics of the world’s largest democracy, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said on Wednesday. Raising the issue during the Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha, Ms. Gandhi stated that …

Rahul Gandhi attacks Facebook, says 'Meta worse for democracy'
2 years, 9 months ago

Rahul Gandhi attacks Facebook, says 'Meta worse for democracy'

India TV News  

Highlights Rahul Gandhi cited a foreign media report to attack Facebook According to the report, Facebook offers cheaper deals for election ads to BJP Congress chief Sonia Gandhi also raised the issue in the Lok Sabha today Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi attacked social media giant Facebook on Wednesday and alleged that it was "worse for democracy". He also shared …

Social harmony being disturbed by FB with connivance of ruling establishment: Sonia Gandhi
2 years, 9 months ago

Social harmony being disturbed by FB with connivance of ruling establishment: Sonia Gandhi

India TV News  

Highlights Sonia Gandhi has asked the government to end Facebook interference in India's democracy She said companies like FB & Twitter are used increasingly to shape political narratives She said "we need to protect democracy & social harmony regardless of who is in power" Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday urged the government to put an end to the 'systematic …

Facebook Banned Trump 1 Year Ago. Social Media Hasn't Gotten Much Better.
3 years ago

Facebook Banned Trump 1 Year Ago. Social Media Hasn't Gotten Much Better.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING So: Have they? Facebook “remains an extremist breeding ground,” offering militia groups unparalleled ability to spread anti-government propaganda, recruit new members and even run ads, according to a report by the Tech Transparency Project released last week. “The prevalence of these groups is startlingly similar to what we found a year ago.” In a separate study focused …

Congress alleges Facebook used by BJP as weapon to spread hatred; seeks JPC probe, laws to restrict it
3 years, 2 months ago

Congress alleges Facebook used by BJP as weapon to spread hatred; seeks JPC probe, laws to restrict it

India TV News  

The Congress on Friday alleged that Facebook was being used as a weapon by the BJP to spread hate and fake news in the country and demanded that a JPC probe be conducted on the issue and laws be enacted to restrict Facebook and WhatsApp. Congress leaders Rohan Gupta and Praveen Chakravarty said at a joint press conference that it …

Form JPC on Facebook manipulation: Congress
3 years, 2 months ago

Form JPC on Facebook manipulation: Congress

The Hindu  

The Congress on Friday wrote to Mark Zuckerberg, protesting against “apparent and evident” bias of Facebook towards the ruling dispensation and demanded a joint parliamentary committee probe into alleged manipulation of elections by the U.S. based tech firm. “I want to bring to your notice the apparent and evident bias that your company has shown in our country towards the …

Facebook representative allowed time to appear before Delhi Assembly Committee
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook representative allowed time to appear before Delhi Assembly Committee

The Hindu  

Facebook India’s representative has been allowed to appear before the Delhi Assembly’s Committee on Peace and Harmony on November 18 since the company requested an extension of 14 days to find the right person “best placed to provide the Committee with the data required”. According to the Delhi Assembly, in response to the summons issued by it to the social …

The Facebook Crisis in India Might Be the Worst Facebook Crisis of All
55 years ago

The Facebook Crisis in India Might Be the Worst Facebook Crisis of All

Slate  

This article is part of the Free Speech Project, a collaboration between Future Tense and the Tech, Law, & Security Program at American University Washington College of Law that examines the ways technology is influencing how we think about speech. According to the Verge, at the end of 2019 Facebook placed India within “tier zero,” meaning it was one of …

Facebook undermining India’s democracy, alleges Congress
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook undermining India’s democracy, alleges Congress

The Hindu  

The Congress on Monday said Facebook was “compromising” India’s democracy and influencing elections, and demanded a probe by a joint parliamentary committee. While it’s obvious Govt of India won’t do anything about it, it’s unacceptable that @Facebook has one set of standards for USA and another for India,” stated former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh in a tweet. Raising media reports …

Facebook will fuel more unrest, whistle-blower tells UK lawmakers
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook will fuel more unrest, whistle-blower tells UK lawmakers

Al Jazeera  

The social media giant needs to stop its algorithms from pushing divisive content, Frances Haugen tells British politicians. Facebook Inc will fuel more violent unrest around the world unless it stops its algorithms from pushing extreme and divisive content, whistle-blower Frances Haugen has told a British parliamentary committee. The world’s biggest social network has rejected the charges, with CEO Mark …

Facebook Oversight Board member calls for more transparency
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook Oversight Board member calls for more transparency

CNN  

New York, NY CNN — As more of Facebook’s internal documents are revealed, Facebook Oversight Board member and PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel emphasized that the platform must do a better job with transparency. The Oversight Board’s first report, released last week, revealed that the group of independent content moderators prompted Facebook to restore more than 30 pieces of content …

Facebook Papers Reveal How It Had Been 'Fueling This Fire' Ahead Of The Insurrection
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook Papers Reveal How It Had Been 'Fueling This Fire' Ahead Of The Insurrection

Huff Post  

WASHINGTON — As supporters of Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6th, battling police and forcing lawmakers into hiding, an insurrection of a different kind was taking place inside the world’s largest social media company. At the same time, frustration inside Facebook erupted over what some saw as the company’s halting and often reversed response to rising extremism …

India has to make its voice heard if it wants FB to be fair
3 years, 2 months ago

India has to make its voice heard if it wants FB to be fair

Live Mint  

The only way to ensure transparency on the part of Facebook is to put pressure on it to ensure fair treatment for people across the spectrum, said former Facebook employee Sophie Zhang, who earlier exposed the company’s partisan policy in removing inauthentic accounts from the platform ahead of the 2020 Delhi elections. “Citizens of India need to make their voice …

Politicians could regulate Facebook -- but they'd have to admit ugly truths about themselves too
3 years, 3 months ago

Politicians could regulate Facebook -- but they'd have to admit ugly truths about themselves too

Raw Story  

When 37-year-old Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before Congress on October 5, she brought thousands of stolen documents with her. Haugen is the latest expert to directly implicate Facebook in the tsunami of disinformation that was instrumental to Donald Trump's victory in 2016 and, more recently, his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Although the right fulminates about censorship, and …

Facebook knows it is in trouble as Mark Zuckerberg picks his battles
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook knows it is in trouble as Mark Zuckerberg picks his battles

Hindustan Times  

When Senator Edward Markey on Tuesday called Frances Haugen “a 21st-century American hero,” it underlined the trouble Facebook finds itself in. Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook is defending allegations that the company has long ignored teenage safety on its platforms, particularly Instagram, resolving conflicts in favour of profits. Facebook has been accused of hiding internal research about how Instagram’s algorithms were negatively …

FB whistleblower calls for regulation
3 years, 3 months ago

FB whistleblower calls for regulation

The Hindu  

A Facebook whistleblower went before U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday to push them to regulate the social media giant, after an outage hit potentially billions of users and highlighted global dependence on its services. She spoke to Senators less than a day after Facebook, its photo-sharing app Instagram and messaging service WhatsApp went offline for roughly seven hours, with “billions of …

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s accusations against the social network
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s accusations against the social network

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “They are deadly - way beyond what we've seen so far.” Ms Haugen, who left the Big …

Ex-Facebook employee tells Congress social media giant endangers users, democracy
3 years, 3 months ago

Ex-Facebook employee tells Congress social media giant endangers users, democracy

LA Times  

Former Facebook data scientist Frances Haugen testified Tuesday before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security. “The company’s leadership knows ways to make Facebook and Instagram safer and won’t make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits before people,” said Frances Haugen, a former Facebook data scientist who has …

Facebook whistleblower testifies company ‘is operating in the shadows, hiding its research from public scrutiny’
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook whistleblower testifies company ‘is operating in the shadows, hiding its research from public scrutiny’

CNN  

CNN Business — The Facebook whistleblower who released tens of thousands of pages of internal research and documents indicating the company was aware of various problems caused by its apps, including Instagram’s potential “toxic” effect on teen girls, called on Congress to take action against the social media platform in testimony before a Senate subcommittee Tuesday. But we must act …

Facebook whistleblower: Frances Haugen and her biggest revelations on 60 Minutes
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook whistleblower: Frances Haugen and her biggest revelations on 60 Minutes

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Frances Haugen was interviewed on Sunday by CBS …

Senators push Facebook exec on Instagram policies for youth
3 years, 3 months ago

Senators push Facebook exec on Instagram policies for youth

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senators fired a barrage of criticism Thursday at a Facebook executive over the social-networking giant’s handling of internal research on how its Instagram photo-sharing platform can harm teens. “It’s abundantly clear that Facebook views the events of the last two weeks purely as a PR problem, and that the issues raised by the leaked research haven’t led to …

Whistleblower behind damning 'Facebook Files' will reveal identity and testify before Congress
3 years, 3 months ago

Whistleblower behind damning 'Facebook Files' will reveal identity and testify before Congress

Daily Mail  

The whistleblower who leaked the notorious 'Facebook Files' which revealed that the social media giant knew Instagram could be toxic to teenage girls, will reveal their identity and testify Congress before the end of 2020. A source familiar with the matter said the whistleblower has agreed to work with Congress and plans to appear before the Senate Commerce Committee Consumer …

Facebook shows how with great power comes great irresponsibility
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook shows how with great power comes great irresponsibility

Live Mint  

What is the price of being connected? That’s what Cecilia Kang and Sheera Frenkel, award-winning tech journalists at The New York Times, uncover in their new book, An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle For Domination. In the early chapters, Kang and Frenkel dive into the period between Facebook’s inception and the 2016 US presidential election, parsing events and decisions that …

Facebook shuts out NYU academics' research on political ads
3 years, 5 months ago

Facebook shuts out NYU academics' research on political ads

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. Read our privacy policy Facebook has shut down the …

Facebook Can't Disrupt India's 'Unity In Diversity' Claiming Ignorance Or Lack Of Pivotal Role : Supreme Court
3 years, 6 months ago

Facebook Can't Disrupt India's 'Unity In Diversity' Claiming Ignorance Or Lack Of Pivotal Role : Supreme Court

Live Law  

Facebook cannot take a "simplistic approach" that it is merely a platform posting third party content with no role in generating, controlling or modulating information, observed the Supreme Court while rejecting its India head's plea to quash the summons issued by the Delhi Assembly asking him to appear before a panel probing Delhi riots.The Supreme Court observed that Facebook's role …

SC says Facebook needs to be accountable, upholds Delhi Assembly's right to summon it in riots case
3 years, 6 months ago

SC says Facebook needs to be accountable, upholds Delhi Assembly's right to summon it in riots case

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Delhi Assembly's right to summon and compel entities like Facebook to appear before its committees on grounds of its privilege. Hearing a plea filed by Facebook India's MD Ajit Mohan challenging the Delhi Assembly's summon to appear before it in connection with the 2020 Delhi riots, the Supreme Court held that digital platforms …

Facebook, Google appear before the Parliamentary Standing Committee
3 years, 6 months ago

Facebook, Google appear before the Parliamentary Standing Committee

Op India  

Days after the Indian officials of the giant social media giant Twitter were questioned by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on various issues, Facebook India and Google officials were summoned by the Committee on June 22, to address the issue of the misuse of social media platforms. After Twitter, Facebook and Google questioned on prevention of misuse of …

Women's Safety, Eavesdropping on Pvt Conversations: Details From IT Panel Meet With FB, Google
3 years, 6 months ago

Women's Safety, Eavesdropping on Pvt Conversations: Details From IT Panel Meet With FB, Google

News 18  

Representatives of Facebook and Google deposed before the parliamentary standing committee on information technology headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in Delhi today. Parliamentary committee sources told CNN-News18 that Facebook India was represented by Shivnath Thukral, Director, and Namrata Singh, Associate General Counsel. According to sources, the committee members, without mincing words, told Facebook and Google that there has to …

Facebook and Twitter are in a high-stakes standoff with India
3 years, 7 months ago

Facebook and Twitter are in a high-stakes standoff with India

CNN  

New Delhi CNN Business — The biggest names in tech are locked in an increasingly tense stand-off with India over strict new social media rules they fear will erode privacy, usher in mass surveillance and harm business in the world’s fastest growing market. On Monday, Indian police visited Twitter’s offices after it labeled a tweet from a prominent official of …

Opinion: Trump is banned for now, but Facebook still needs to change its policies
3 years, 8 months ago

Opinion: Trump is banned for now, but Facebook still needs to change its policies

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Ann M. Ravel is the Digital Deception Project director at MapLight and previously served as chair of the Federal Election Commission. The decision from the Facebook Oversight Board to uphold the suspension on former President Donald Trump’s account marks a short-term step to limit the spread of dangerous online disinformation. Eliminate the ‘newsworthiness standard’ Before the violent insurrection …

Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Permanent Ban on Donald Trump, Ex-US Prez Says 'Total Disgrace'
3 years, 8 months ago

Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Permanent Ban on Donald Trump, Ex-US Prez Says 'Total Disgrace'

News 18  

Facebook’s independent oversight board on Wednesday upheld a ban on former US president Donald Trump while ordering further review of the case, in a decision with a potentially far-reaching impact on the regulation of online speech. Trump, whose political influence has arguably been severely curtailed by the loss of his social media presence, responded with a statement slamming bans by …

Facebook says it halts hackers tied to Palestinian security
3 years, 8 months ago

Facebook says it halts hackers tied to Palestinian security

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Facebook said Wednesday it has broken up a hacker network used by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ intelligence service in an attempt to keep tabs on journalists, human rights activists and government critics. In its report, Facebook said that elements linked to the Preventive Security Service “used fake and compromised accounts to create fictitious personas.” Posing as young women, …

Everyone On Facebook’s Oversight Board Should Resign
3 years, 8 months ago

Everyone On Facebook’s Oversight Board Should Resign

Wired  

The Facebook Oversight Board is on the cusp of deciding whether Donald Trump should be allowed to return to a platform he used to incite racist violence. The board’s toothlessness became even more apparent as Facebook allowed Trump to repeat claims of election fraud, which set the stage for the deadly white-supremacist insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6. …

Congress Seeks Action Against BJP IT Cell Influencers In Celebrity Tweets As Preliminary Probe Reveals Involvement
3 years, 10 months ago

Congress Seeks Action Against BJP IT Cell Influencers In Celebrity Tweets As Preliminary Probe Reveals Involvement

News 18  

Adding to the controversy surrounding the celebrities tweet, the Congress party has now demanded action against 12 social media influencers allegedly associated with the BJP IT cell. The demand comes after the Maharashtra Home Minister’s statement, mentioning the involvement of 12 social media influencers of BJP IT cell in the preliminary investigation. “After the information given by the Home Minister, …

Facebook's Oversight Board Takes Up New Case from India, a Post Against RSS and PM Modi
3 years, 11 months ago

Facebook's Oversight Board Takes Up New Case from India, a Post Against RSS and PM Modi

News 18  

Facebook’s Oversight Board has taken up a new case related to a user’s post that was shared from a Punjabi-language online platform and contained insinuations against Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Oversight Board is an independent body set up by Facebook last year to look into hate speech and other undesirable content on the platform. Previously, …

At the mercy of big tech billionaires
4 years ago

At the mercy of big tech billionaires

Hindustan Times  

The United States technology industry has shown us that it is more powerful than world leaders. The government made a serious mistake when it allowed the platform’s parent company, Facebook, to add payment services — because this will enable it to also monopolise Indian commerce. Note that Facebook didn’t dare to pull this stunt in Europe because the European Union’s …

Facebook found no element in Bajrang Dal's content to necessitate ban, says company’s India head Ajit Mohan
4 years ago

Facebook found no element in Bajrang Dal's content to necessitate ban, says company’s India head Ajit Mohan

Firstpost  

Mohan was summoned by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, led by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor to discuss the data safety of users New Delhi: Facebook’s India head Ajit Mohan deposed before a parliamentary panel on Wednesday and suggested that the social media company’s fact-checking team has so far found no such element that necessitates a ban on the …

Political tussle over Facebook deepens in Parliament’s IT committee
4 years ago

Political tussle over Facebook deepens in Parliament’s IT committee

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI :The parliamentary panel on information technology is heading towards another political tussle among its members with the standing committee on Wednesday questioning representatives of social media platform Facebook on allegations of political bias, following a 13 December report in The Wall Street Journal that the social media giant was reluctant to act against the Bajrang Dal because of …

Facebook, Twitter CEOs to be pressed on election handling
4 years, 1 month ago

Facebook, Twitter CEOs to be pressed on election handling

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The CEOs of Facebook and Twitter are being summoned before Congress to defend their handling of disinformation in the 2020 presidential election, even as lawmakers questioning them are deeply divided over the election’s integrity and results. Fight hard.” Both Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey promised lawmakers last month that they would aggressively guard their platforms from …

After Ankhi Das controversy, Kapil Sibal appears for Facebook in Delhi HC
4 years, 2 months ago

After Ankhi Das controversy, Kapil Sibal appears for Facebook in Delhi HC

Op India  

The Congress party has often accused social media giants of colluding with the BJP and being biased towards the central government. But now, it appears, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal is appearing for Facebook in the Delhi High Court. Facebook was made a party to the suit as well and the social media giant appears to have hired Kapil Sibal …

‘Demonstrate neutrality’: Congress welcomes Facebook’s India leadership change
4 years, 2 months ago

‘Demonstrate neutrality’: Congress welcomes Facebook’s India leadership change

Hindustan Times  

The Congress on Wednesday asked Facebook to demonstrate its neutrality with a thorough revamp of its institutional processes, and also outline steps taken to curb the “spread of false, polarising and hate content” on its platform. The Wall Street Journal report in August suggested Facebook was going easy on hate speeches by BJP members and triggered a controversy. The Congress …

As Ankhi Das Quits, a Timeline of Her Hate Speech Controversy
4 years, 2 months ago

As Ankhi Das Quits, a Timeline of Her Hate Speech Controversy

The Quint  

Das Accused of Shielding BJP MLA’s Hate Speech Between 14 August and 1 September, a string of major allegations emerged against Facebook’s India operations and its top executives. Wall Street Journal’s report on 14 August claimed that despite the insistence of Facebook’s employees – responsible for policing the platform – to permanently ban the profile of BJP MP from Hyderabad …

Facebook India policy chief steps down after row over ‘allowing hate speech’ from Modi’s party
4 years, 2 months ago

Facebook India policy chief steps down after row over ‘allowing hate speech’ from Modi’s party

The Independent  

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Facebook’s India policy chief quits after hate speech allegations
4 years, 2 months ago

Facebook’s India policy chief quits after hate speech allegations

Al Jazeera  

Reports earlier this year said Ankhi Das had refused to take down anti-Muslim posts on the social media platform, tirggering a political storm. Facebook’s top India public policy executive, who was at the centre of a controversy over her alleged failure to address hate speech on the platform, has quit, the social media giant said on Tuesday. The network sparked …

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 …

Facebook, Twitter CEOs ordered to testify by GOP senators
4 years, 2 months ago

Facebook, Twitter CEOs ordered to testify by GOP senators

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The GOP push against Facebook and Twitter accelerated Thursday after Republican senators threatened the CEOs of the social media companies with subpoenas to force them to address accusations of censorship in the closing weeks of the presidential campaign. With Democrats boycotting the hearing, the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee voted to authorize the legal orders if Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg …

Facebook Probing Blocking of Meira Kumar's Page; Attack on Democracy, Says Former Lok Sabha Speaker
4 years, 2 months ago

Facebook Probing Blocking of Meira Kumar's Page; Attack on Democracy, Says Former Lok Sabha Speaker

News 18  

New Delhi: Facebook on Friday said it is investigating the blocking of former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar's page on the social media platform. "We've restored Ms Meira Kumar's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/MeiraKumarOfficial/ that was unpublished. Ye mahaz sanyog nahi ho sakta ki Bihar Vidhan Sabha chunaav se pehle Facebook mere page ko block karta hai!". Facebook, however, had rejected those …

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