New Delhi – Facebook India informed a parliamentary panel on information and technology that it did not find any objectionable content on Bajrang Dal’s Facebook page. Facebook India head Ajit Mohan provided this information to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, chaired by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor. The Committee had summoned Ajit Mohan on the issue of the citizens’ data safety. The Wall Street Journal had recently reported that Facebook had declined to include Bajrang Dal in a list of ‘dangerous’ organisations.
No element in Bajrang Dal's content that necessitates ban: Facebook India head | #Infotech https://t.co/Aojkl5NQE8
— ET Infotech News (@ETInfotechNews) December 17, 2020
- The panel headed by Shashi Tharoor also had Congress MP Karti Chidambaram. He questioned Ajit Mohan about the Wall Street Journal report regarding a ban on Bajrang Dal.
- BJP MP Nishikant Dubey asked if the Bajrang Dal content was not found to be violating its social media policies, why Facebook did not deny the Wall Street Journal report and tag it as fake news.
Never in the history of the country have we seen so much appeasement in elections : Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis
Impose ban on AIMPLB like terrorist organisations : MLA Nitesh Rane, BJP
One Lamp for Hindu Rashtra: a unique initiative by Hindu Janajagruti Samiti on Tripurari Purnima
Govt rice taken as donation from poor Hindus and sold in the open market
Bombay HC refuses to suspend the exhibition of a film based on the Malegaon bomb blast
Attacks on the homes of 3 ministers and 6 MLAs in Manipur