NEW DELHI: Social media giant Facebook on Monday stated that it prohibits hate speech and content that incites violence and enforces these policies globally without regard to anyone’s political position or party affiliation.
said in reply to Rahul Gandhi’s tweet.
Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad dismissed Rahul’s protest over allegations that BJP manipulated data with Facebook and WhatsApp as the “gripe of a sore loser”, while BJP’s IT cell chief Amit Malviya said the social media site had actually taken down 700 pro-right wing pages ahead of the 2019 polls.
“Losers who cannot influence people even in their own party keep cribbing that the entire world is controlled by BJP and RSS,” Prasad said. “You were caught red-handed in alliance with Cambridge Analytica and Facebook to weaponise data before the elections and now have the gall to question us,” he added.
said in reply to Rahul Gandhi’s tweet.
Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad dismissed Rahul’s protest over allegations that BJP manipulated data with Facebook and WhatsApp as the “gripe of a sore loser”, while BJP’s IT cell chief Amit Malviya said the social media site had actually taken down 700 pro-right wing pages ahead of the 2019 polls.
“Losers who cannot influence people even in their own party keep cribbing that the entire world is controlled by BJP and RSS,” Prasad said. “You were caught red-handed in alliance with Cambridge Analytica and Facebook to weaponise data before the elections and now have the gall to question us,” he added.
Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp, which counts India as its biggest market with 40 crore users, is waiting for regulatory clearances to launch a payment platform.
It has invested $5.7 billion (Rs 43,574 crore) in Reliance Industries’ digital unit, with the aim of serving small businesses across India.
(With agency inputs)In Video:Facebook misuse issue: BJP calls Rahul Gandhi ‘loser’
