FB officials appeared before parliamentary committee, meeting lasted more than 3 hours, 90 questions asked

In the Facebook hate speech case, there is an ongoing war between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress. Amid this controversy, Facebook India chief Ajit Mohan appeared before the Parliamentary Committee on IT Affairs on Wednesday. Representatives of Facebook were called by the parliamentary committee headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for the hearing. The hearing was held to prevent misuse of social media platforms.

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Officers of the IT Ministry were also present during the hearing held in Parliament. Members of the Parliamentary Committee on IT Affairs posed more than 90 questions to the Facebook official. At the same time, Shashi Tharoor tweeted after the meeting. He said that the meeting of the parliamentary committee, which lasted more than three and a half hours, was over. All I can say is that we have unanimously agreed to resume the discussion.

There was also a heated debate in this meeting. Facebook India Chief Ajit Mohan said that he does not belong to any party. During this time, the opposition parties raised many questions. BJP raised the issue of fact check in front of Ajit Mohan. BJP members alleged that Ajit Mohan works for the Congress.

Ajit Mohan dismissed these allegations. He said that I worked with McKinsey and made a report for the Congress in Kerala. According to Ajit Mohan, he would have made these reports for any party.

Facebook statement after the meeting

Facebook has issued a statement after the committee meeting. It has been said on Facebook that we thank the parliamentary committee that they gave time. We are committed as an open and transparent platform and to give voice to people and allow them to express themselves freely.

Letters are constantly being written

Let us know that many kinds of revelations were made in the international media about Facebook India. In this, there have been allegations like relaxing the supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the cases of hate speech. On this issue, a letter has been written to Facebook Chief Mark Zuckerberg twice on behalf of the Congress. At the same time, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad also wrote a letter to Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday, in which he made many serious allegations on Facebook.