The Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology has issued summons to officials of Facebook and Twitter for January 21, to question them over misuse of the social media/online news platforms.The schedule of meeting on the Lok Sabha .
Parliamentary panel likely to summon Facebook officials over WhatsApp privacy concerns
Besides Facebook, the parliamentary committee, led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, may also summon micro-blogging site Twitter
BusinessToday.In | January 13, 2021 | Updated 08:35 IST
The Parliamentary Panel on Information Technology is likely to take up the issues regarding the new privacy policy by Facebook-owned WhatsApp.
As per the latest WhatsApp s privacy policy, a user s data will be shared with parent company Facebook. Although this decision by WhatsApp was rolled out in 2016, users already on the platform before the acquisition had the choice of not sharing that data. That choice no longer exists.