updated: Dec 17 2020, 08:49 ist
Facebook s fact-checking team has not found any content that necessitates a ban on the Bajrang Dal, the social media giant s India head Ajit Mohan told a parliamentary panel on Wednesday, sources said.
Mohan deposed before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, chaired by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor. The panel had called him on the issue of the citizens data safety.
Mohan was accompanied by Shivnath Thukral, the public policy director of Facebook.
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram, along with Tharoor, questioned Mohan about a recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report suggesting that the social media giant is reluctant on banning the Bajrang Dal on its platform due to financial reasons and concerns over the safety of its staff, the sources said.
NEW DELHI: A day after Facebook India chief Ajit Mohan described as “factually wrong and untrue” a Wall Street Journal report that it did not ban right-wing outfit Bajrang Dal from its platform fearing reprisal, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi slammed the tech giant over the contradictory statements issued by its US arm and asked whether it was “lying” to India and its Parliament.
“Facebook US says Bajrang Dal content is offensive and should be banned. Facebook India tells our parliamentary panel that Bajrang Dal content is not offensive. Is Facebook lying to India and its Parliament?” Gandhi said on Twitter, while sharing the Wall Street Journal report criticising the saffron outfit.
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Ajit Mohan, head of Facebook India, told a Parliamentary panel that the company has no reason to act against or take down content from Bajrang Dal, the right wing organisation with close ties to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Mohan deposed before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on Wednesday, where he said Facebook’s fact-checking team did not find any content from Bajrang Dal that necessitated a ban, reported PTI.
The Committee, headed by Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Shashi Tharoor, was questioning Mohan about a recent Wall Street Journal article, which reported that Facebook was wary of removing Bajrang Dal off of its platform for fear that such an action will endanger the company’s staff and its business interests in India. Facebook’s security team had reportedly issued internal warnings about the risk of cracking do
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Facebook India s head told a parliamentary panel on Wednesday that its factchecking team has not found any content that necessitates a ban on the Bajrang Dal, sources had said.
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A day after Facebook India s head told a parliamentary panel that it had not found any content that necessitates a ban on the Bajrang Dal, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday cited a US media report s claim that the social media giant s safety team had recommended a ban on the outfit and asked if Facebook was lying to India and its Parliament. The social media giant s India head, Ajit Mohan, told a parliamentary panel on Wednesday, that Facebook s fact-checking team has not found any content that necessitates a ban on the Bajrang Dal, sour