He also accused former Speaker of Congress Rahul Gandhi of making false statements against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP using social media platforms, even when he wanted to exercise his right to be on Facebook.
Friends, I have received news through the media that @Facebook has banned me for so-called controversial speeches … https://t.co/WiEJVmLpaN
– Raja Singh (@TigerRajaSingh) 1599121027000
Singh, the sole lawmaker for the southern state saffron party, claimed that he had not had a Facebook account since April 2019 and that the pages that the social media site now banned may have been created by his followers.
Under pressure for weeks for his handling of hate speech, Facebook said Thursday that it has banned Raja Singh from its platform and Instagram for violating its policy on content promoting violence and hatred.
In reaction to the ban, Singh wanted to know if the social networking site was operating under pressure from the Congress party.
He said he had written a letter to the Hyderabad Police Cybercrime Department on October 8, 2018 that his official verified Facebook page had been hacked.
Reopened a new page which “was voided / removed in April 2019”.
“So since April 2019, I have not been on Facebook, so there is no question of banning (me). Is Facebook working under pressure from Congress,” Singh said in a short statement.
In a separate video message, the lawmaker said that leaders like Rahul Gandhi made ‘false’ statements against the BJP and Modi, using social media platforms and demanded that after a thorough investigation, the accounts of Congress and AIMIM parties should be removed from social networking sites.
Singh said he will write to Facebook to open an account for him, adding that all rules and regulations will be followed.
“I will write to Facebook to open my official account. I will follow all rules and regulations to use it. I should have the right to use the Facebook account and I will seek their permission,” he said.
Stating that Facebook is a neutral platform, Singh said linking it to BJP is not fair.
On Thursday, Facebook said it had banned Raja Singh “for violating our policy that prohibits those who promote or participate in acts of violence and hate from having a presence on our platform.”
After the ban, Singh has been designated under Facebook’s dangerous people and organizations policy, and will not be allowed to maintain a presence on the platform in the future.
The process for evaluating potential violators is extensive and is what led to Facebook’s decision to delete your account, according to a company statement.
Facebook, which counts India among its largest markets with more than 300 million users, has been in the eye of a storm after a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report alleged that its content policies favored the ruling BJP.
The report alleged that Facebook had ignored posts that contained hate speech by Raja Singh. Since then, the BJP and Congress have been exchanging criticism about the social media giant’s alleged bias.
In the wake of the WSJ report, a parliamentary panel had convened Facebook representatives to discuss the issue of the alleged misuse of the social media platform on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had also written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, accusing employees of the social media platform of supporting politically minded people who lost successive elections and “abusing” the Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers.
Congress had also written to Facebook, complaining of “bias” towards the BJP.
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