A showdown is at stake Wednesday at the meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology chaired by Shashi Tharoor of Congress, where Members of Parliament (MPs) will hear the allegations made by Rupert Murdoch-owned publication The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ) in recent reports against the social media …
Read More »IT minister writes to Mark Zuckerberg and accuses Facebook of political bias amid content dispute
A file photo of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (AFP) Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said there are multiple cases where Facebook has been used by radical elements “whose sole aim is to destroy social order.” News18.com Last update: September 1, 2020 11:30 PM IST FOLLOW US: The Union’s Information Technology …
Read More »India Asks Facebook CEO ‘Country Specific Community Guidelines’
EU IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad sent a letter to Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday calling for “Country-specific Community Guidelines” that “will respect social, religious, cultural and linguistic diversity. of India “. Prasad wrote to Zuckerberg expressing serious concerns that employees of the social media company are …
Read More »Ravi Shankar Prasad writes to Mark Zuckerberg accusing Facebook of bias amid content dispute
Among other allegations, the minister in his letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (above) also alleged that Facebook employees had abused the prime minister and high-level cabinet ministers while working at Facebook India and holding positions important. (Reuters / File Image) The ongoing controversy over Facebook’s alleged political bias took …
Read More »Facebook’s ‘vested lobby’ works to ‘discredit India’s democratic process’: Prasad to Zuckerberg | India News
NEW DELHI: In the midst of a raging controversy over political bias and interference in Facebook At the urging of its top Indian officials, the government on Tuesday wrote a strong letter to the founder of the social media giant. Mark Zuckerberg, accusing the company’s employees of “officially abusing” Prime …
Read More »“Dear Ravi Shankar ji …”: Congress reacts to government letter to Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg
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 »IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to Mark Zuckerberg
Employees abused PM, registered ministers while still working at Facebook India, wrote Prasad Highlight Ravi Shankar Prasad wrote a letter to Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Facebook has been used by anarchic and radical elements, he says However, to see some meaningful action against such elements, add New Delhi: Amid much controversy …
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 »BJP says Congress does everything possible to save Nirav Modi; Congress dismisses claims
[ad_1] The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Thursday that former high court judge Abhay Thipsay’s deposition in the UK Nirav Modi extradition trial is an example of Congress sparing no effort to protect the diamond merchant. On Wednesday Thipsay made a statement on the legal nuances under Indian law focusing …
Read More »Former HC judge working in Congress asks to save Nirav Modi: Ravi Shankar Prasad
[ad_1] By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: May 14, 2020 2:49:18 pm Nirav Modi incarcerated in UK prison. (File photo) Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday accused Congress of “doing everything possible” to save runaway diamond Nirav Modi, who is undergoing an extradition trial in …
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