Ajit Mohan deposed before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, chaired by the leader of Congress, Shashi Tharoor.
Facebook’s India boss Ajit Mohan deposed before a parliamentary panel on Wednesday and suggested that the social media company’s fact-checking team has so far not found any items that would require a Bajrang Dal ban, the sources said. .
Mohan deposed before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, chaired by the leader of Congress, Shashi Tharoor. The panel had called him on the issue of citizen data security. Mohan was accompanied by Shivnath Thukral, Facebook’s director of public policy.
Congressman Karti Chidambaram, along with Tharoor, questioned Mohan about a recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report that suggests that the social media giant is reluctant to ban the Bajrang Dal from its platform due to financial reasons and concerns about the safety of your staff. the sources said.
The WSJ report suggested that despite an internal assessment calling for a Bajrang Dal ban, Facebook has failed to crack down on the Hindu nationalist group due to financial considerations and concerns about the safety of its employees.
In response to inquiries, Mohan suggested to the panel members that the Facebook fact team consultant has so far not found any such items in the content posted by Bajrang Dal that violates their social media policies.
Upon questioning, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey asked if Bajrang Dal’s content did not violate their social media policies, so why didn’t Facebook deny the WSJ report and call it false?
Earlier this month, the Delhi Assembly Peace and Harmony committee moved to the Supreme Court and tried to intervene in a statement presented by Facebook India Vice President and Dr. Ajit Mohan challenging the subpoena issued by the panel after that he did not appear before him in connection with the north. riots in East Delhi.
Lead attorney Harish Salve, who was appearing on Mohan’s behalf, said the legal aspect of the committee’s intervention needs to be discussed, but he has no objection to the guilty plea being heard.
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