Ajit Mohan, the Indian head of social media giant Facebook, has moved the Supreme Court against a notice sent to him by the Delhi Assembly. The petition will be heard by a three-judge tribunal headed by Judge Sanjay Kishan Kaul. The peace and harmony committee of the Delhi Assembly issued …
Read More »Facebook India Vice President Moves Supreme Court Against Delhi Assembly Panel That Convened It
Facebook India Vice President and Managing Director Ajit Mohan moves the Supreme Court against the convening of the Delhi Assembly Committee, which is investigating the social media giant’s alleged failure to crack down on hate speech, saying that the subject falls within the exclusive domain of the Union. from India. …
Read More »Facebook India Director Ajit Mohan Goes To Supreme Court Against Delhi Assembly Panel Notice On February Riots
Facebook India Vice President and CEO Ajit Mohan has moved to the Supreme Court (file) New Delhi: Facebook India Vice President Ajit Mohan has moved the Supreme Court against a notice from the Delhi Assembly’s “Peace and Harmony” committee about the alleged complicity of the social media platform in the …
Read More »US judge blocks Commerce Department order to remove WeChat from app stores
WASHINGTON: A US judge blocked early Sunday morning from the Commerce Department from requiring Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google to remove the Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat for download late on Sunday. US Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in San Francisco It said in an order that WeChat users who filed …
Read More »Facebook India MD skips Delhi assembly committee meeting
Facebook India Vice President and Managing Director Ajit Mohan declined to appear before a Delhi Assembly committee that is investigating the social media giant’s alleged failure to crack down on hate speech, saying the issue falls within the exclusive domain of the Union of India. The assembly panel on peace …
Read More »Tried to Sway Delhi Polls, Says Former FB Staff Member | India News
NEW DELHI: A former Facebook employee, Sophie Zhang, has alleged that a “coordinated attempt” was made in the social media platform to “influence” the Delhi elections in February this year. “I worked through the disease to take down a politically sophisticated network of more than 1,000 actors working to influence …
Read More »Delhi Assembly Panel To Issue “Final Notice” To Facebook After Representative Skips Procedures | India News
NEW DELHI: A Delhi mounting panel decided Tuesday to issue a “final notice” for Facebook after no representative appeared before the committee that is hearing accusations against the social media giant. During the procedures, Peace and Harmony Committee President and AAP MLA Raghav Chadha He said the failure of any …
Read More »A Politically Sophisticated Network Tried To Influence Delhi Polls In 2020, Claims It Fired A Facebook Employee
CM Delhi and AAP coordinator Arvind Kejriwal embraces party leader Sanjay Singh during his speech to supporters after the party’s victory in the State Assembly elections, at the AAP office in New Delhi on February 11, 2020 (PTI / File Photo). Zhang said he worked to eliminate “a politically sophisticated …
Read More »Facebook snubs Delhi assembly panel, to receive final warning and subpoena
Facebook asked the Delhi Assembly panel to withdraw the call. New Delhi: Facebook executives today skipped a hearing by the Delhi Assembly “Peace and Harmony” committee saying they have already appeared before a parliamentary panel. The panel, upset by the response, said it would deliver “a final warning” to the …
Read More »‘Politically sophisticated’ attempt to influence Delhi elections on Facebook before it was removed: former employee
A “politically sophisticated” attempt to influence the Delhi elections in February unfolded on Facebook before it was quietly withdrawn, a recently fired employee at the social media company said in a memo. Former Facebook data scientist Sophie Zhang has also cited examples in the memo of how the company failed …
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