In response to a letter from Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to Mark Zuckerberg, Congress on Tuesday questioned the government for failing to seek a Joint Parliamentary Committee investigation into an alleged collusion between Facebook India and BJP. Congress was responding to Prasad, who accused employees of the social media …
Read More »‘FB workers abusing prime minister’: Ravi Shankar Prasad writes to Zuckerberg on ‘political’ bias | India News
NEW DELHI: End of line FacebookThe alleged political leanings increased on Tuesday after the Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad wrote to his CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the “political predisposition” of the social media giant’s India team. The letter came after the opposition Congress attacked the Center, citing a media report …
Read More »“We set fire to Modi’s campaign on social media,” wrote Ankhi Das of Facebook | India News
Head of Facebook Public Policy in India, Ankhi Das (File photo) NEW DELHI: A Wall Street Journal report states that one day before the BJP swept to victory in the 2014 general election, Facebook head of public policy in India, Ankhi das, sent an internal message to the company’s employees …
Read More »Facebook Executive’s Posts Reveal Political Biases, New Report Says
Ankhi Das is Head of Public Policy at Facebook India (Archive) New Delhi: A Facebook executive at the center of allegations that the social media site failed to enforce hate speech rules on members of the ruling BJP was named in a second Wall Street Journal report about internal posts …
Read More »Reliance bets 25 billion rupees on a bright future for retail
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Ten days after it bought a majority stake in online pharmacy retailer Netmeds, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) said on Saturday it had sealed a deal to acquire the Future Group’s retail business, which was in trouble for 24,713 million rupees. The transaction, which has been in …
Read More »‘No one is safe’: Priyanka Gandhi criticizes CM for double murder | India News
File photo of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra NEW DELHI: Leader of Congress Priyanka gandhi Vadra on Saturday attacked Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on the alleged murder of the wife and son of a railway official at their home in Lucknow, a few kilometers from the Official residence, …
Read More »Unrest in Sweden after Danish anti-Muslim leader’s ban
Far-right activists burned a Quran in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, sparking riots and riots after more …read more STOCKHOLM: At least 10 people were arrested in southern Sweden and several police officers were injured in the violence that erupted after a Danish anti-Muslim politician was unable to attend …
Read More »Not a social media company, but people from India who turned down Rahul and Congress: BJP in line for Facebook | India News
NEW DELHI: Strike in Congress for alleging a link between the BJP and Facebook, the ruling party’s IT cell head Amit Malviya said on Saturday that it is not a social media company but the people of India who have rejected Rahul gandhi and his party. The (organization) secretary-general of …
Read More »Congress writes to Facebook CEO again on allegations of ‘bias’ in favor of BJP
New Delhi: On Saturday, Congress wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for the second time in a month, asking what action was being taken in the face of repeated allegations that the global social media giant’s India unit is biased toward the ruler. BJP. At a press conference, the opposition …
Read More »Congress Rewrites Facebook CEO About BJP “Bias” Allegations | India News
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday he wrote to Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, for the second time in a month, asked what action was being taken in relation to repeated allegations that the global social media giant’s India unit is biased toward the ruling BJP. At a press …
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