Amid the row over an article in US publication Wall Street Journal Congress’s Rahul Gandhi today shared the party’s letter to Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg.
The letter said that Facebook purposefully “hate speech” based content from members of the ruling BJP and right-wing leaders.
Calling this as “blatant biases and dubious practices”, the party has demanded a time-bound inquiry into the conduct of Facebook.
The letter also named senior executive Ankhi Das, Facebook’s policy chief in India, for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and inciting people.
“We cannot allow any manipulation of our hard-earned democracy through bias, fake news & hate speech. As exposed by @WSJ, Facebook’s involvement in peddling fake and hate news needs to be questioned by all Indians,” Rahul Gandhi’s tweet read.
We cannot allow any manipulation of our hard-earned democracy through bias, fake news & hate speech.
As exposed by @WSJ, Facebook’s involvement in peddling fake and hate news needs to be questioned by all Indians. pic.twitter.com/AvBR6P0wAK
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 18, 2020
The party has demanded for removing the Facebook India team and publishing all instances of “hate speech posts since 2014 that were allowed on the platform” .
A police case has been filed against Ankhi Das, Facebook’s policy chief in India, for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and inciting people.