New Delhi: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology on Monday met senior officials from all major social media platforms and discussed monopolistic practices, content and ad moderation, election misinformation, promotion algorithms and parental control, among others, people aware of the matter said. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology meets representatives of all major social …
The Department Related Standing Committee for Information Technology met on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Shashi Tharoor. Facebook India Managing Director Ajit Mohan appeared before the panel on the subject ‘Safeguarding citizens’ rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news media platforms, including special emphasis on women security in the digital space’. Wednesday’s panel meeting that went on for two …
A Parliamentary panel looking into alleged misuse of social media platforms has decided to continue its "discussion" with representatives of global giant Facebook, after a meeting that lasted for almost three and half hours on Wednesday, its chairman and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said. Facebook's India head Ajit Mohan appeared before the panel amid a political slugfest with both BJP …
The Congress on Saturday wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for the second time in a month, asking what steps were being taken on repeated allegations about the global social media giant's India unit being biased towards the ruling BJP. At a press conference, the opposition party also demanded an investigation by a Joint Parliamentary Committee into the alleged "links …
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