Delhi Assembly panel issues final notice to Facebook for skipping meeting, says it is ‘insulting’

The Delhi Assembly committee is looking into the communal riots in February that left at least 53 people dead.

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· Sep 15, 2020 · 02:43 pm

Delhi Assembly elections: Sophisticated network worked to influence polls, says ex-Facebook employee

A memo written by Sophie Zhand, who worked to remove fake accounts, said the social media giant has ignored blatant political manipulation across the world.

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· Sep 15, 2020 · 10:26 am

Delhi Assembly panel summons Facebook India’s vice president over hateful content

The social media company has been accused of intentionally choosing to ignore hate speech made by BJP leaders.

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· Sep 12, 2020 · 01:04 pm

Facebook says it will not accept political ads a week ahead of November 3 US presidential polls

Company’s founder Mark Zuckerberg announced several measures, including removal of misinformation posts, to reduce ‘risks of post-election confusion’.

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· Sep 04, 2020 · 03:15 pm

Hate speech row: Not on Facebook since 2019, no question of ban, says BJP MLA T Raja Singh

Singh said he will write to Facebook for an official account and added that he will follow all the rules and regulations.

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· Sep 04, 2020 · 11:32 am

Hate speech row: ‘We are non-partisan, oppose bigotry,’ says Facebook in reply to Congress letter

Facebook added that its public policy decisions across the world are not made ‘unilaterally by one person’ but a diverse team.

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· Sep 03, 2020 · 05:07 pm

Facebook bans BJP MLA T Raja Singh as India hate speech controversy mounts

Singh had called Muslims traitors and posted that Rohingya refugees in India should be shot.

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· Sep 03, 2020 · 10:42 am

Facebook India chief appears before parliamentary panel over hate speech claims, ‘nexus’ with BJP

Ajit Mohan was summoned by the Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology.

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· Sep 02, 2020 · 10:28 pm

Facebook-BJP ‘nexus’: Sitaram Yechury calls for inquiry, criticises RS Prasad’s letter to Zuckerberg

The Union law minister had on Tuesday accused Facebook of being biased against right-wing politics.

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· Sep 02, 2020 · 07:48 pm

TMC writes to Mark Zuckerberg, says enough material to support Facebook’s bias towards BJP

The BJP has accused Facebook of censoring its supporters and has dismissed criticism that the social media giant was in any way favouring them.

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· Sep 02, 2020 · 03:02 pm

Facebook employees abusing PM Modi on record, claims Union minister in letter to Mark Zuckerberg

Ravi Shankar Prasad added that there was an ‘internal power struggle’ in Facebook for ideological control.

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· Sep 01, 2020 · 08:24 pm

Facebook removed 14 of 44 pages flagged by BJP ahead of 2019 elections: Report

The ruling party also wanted to ‘monetise’ two right-leaning news websites to let them receive advertisement revenue for their content.

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· Sep 01, 2020 · 11:17 am