Facebook at centre of Indian political storm
Legislators of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP have accused the social media giant of censoring nationalist voices
17 August 2020 - 14:18
New Delhi — Indian politicians are trading barbs over a media report that Facebook’s content policies favoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, putting the social network at the centre of a political storm in its biggest market by users.
Legislators of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have accused the social media giant of censoring nationalist voices, after the opposition Congress seized on a Wall Street Journal report to seek a parliamentary investigation of Facebook employees' alleged ties with the ruling party...
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