Congress Writes Another Letter To Facebook CEO Over 'Facebook-BJP Nexus'

by Ajay Jha Aug 31, 2020 • 06:01 PM Views 781

The Congress has written yet again to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for details on steps being taken to investigate allegations that the social media giant does not apply hate speech rules to posts by BJP members. Addressing media, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, said on Monday that “Facebook and WhatsApp’s role in subverting India’s democracy is now unquestionable and beyond doubt.” Referring to the latest report published by WSJ, Chowdhury said Facebook’s India policy head, Ankhi Das, referring to Modi’s victory in 2014 elections had written an internal email to her employees saying, “We lit a fire to his social media campaign and the rest is of course history”.