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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Did BJP collude with Facebook? Hate speech row explained in 10 points
4 years, 4 months ago

Did BJP collude with Facebook? Hate speech row explained in 10 points

India Today  

A massive can of worms has been opened in India after a report in the Wall Street Journal claimed that Facebook ignored applying its hate speech rules to BJP leaders in India. The report published in Wall Street Journal claimed that Ankhi Das, Facebook’s public policy director for India, South and Central Asia, told employees that initiating punitive action against …

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Facebook India policy head files complaint with Delhi Police after receiving threats
4 years, 4 months ago

Facebook India policy head files complaint with Delhi Police after receiving threats

India Today  

Facebook India's public policy director Ankhi Das has filed a complaint with the Delhi Police Cyber Crime Department with regards to threats she has received over the past few days. DCP of South Delhi said that a complaint has been received by Facebook India's public policy director Ankhi Das and investigation is being done in this case. Several politicians and …

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WSJ story about Facebook India being ‘partial’ to the BJP is the revenge of the old media
4 years, 4 months ago

WSJ story about Facebook India being ‘partial’ to the BJP is the revenge of the old media

Op India  

Last evening, on Independence Day, I saw a couple of self-declared liberal journalists tweeting about how they were deleting their Facebook profiles. Not because I keep track of all top executives of big corporate houses – which otherwise being an ‘MBA types’ perhaps I should have been doing – but because I had sent several emails to her complaining about …

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Facebook India favouring BJP, RSS? IT Minister slams Rahul Gandhi's allegations
4 years, 4 months ago

Facebook India favouring BJP, RSS? IT Minister slams Rahul Gandhi's allegations

India Today  

Union Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday responded to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's allegations that social media platform Facebook was biased in its functioning in India. If what @WSJ has written is incorrect, take them to the court https://t.co/ixljXqsKvR — Pawan Khera August 16, 2020 Congress demands JPC probe after FB India expose: Congress …

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