India's main opposition party asks Facebook to investigate favorable treatment of BJP by Facebook's India team, and to replace the team during this probe
i don't think it's good business to alienate the government in power and that's what Facebook has successfully achieved. It's morality a different thing. Das to me is mover powerful than even Ajit Mohan who is a VP and country head for Facebook https://twitter.com/... Vir Sanghvi / @virsanghvi : You don't have to support @RahulGandhi to believe him. The evidence is now overwhelming. https://twitter.com/... Gaurav Gogoi / @gauravgogoiasm : Always felt that Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp are getting away with a crime. Social media companies need to be penalised heavily for hate speech. https://twitter.com/... @vamsichandreddy : Truth with triumph... #SatyamevaJayate https://twitter.com/... K C Venugopal / @kcvenugopalmp : Satya & Ahimsa are the key philosophies of our nation & democracy. we cannot allow anyone to destroy it through untruth & biased news. @WSJ has revealed Facebook India's complicity in spreading fake news & hate speech. Every Indian needs to question this.
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NewsX
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Congress writes to Facebook demanding probe amid ‘bias’ allegations
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@rahulgandhi
Rahul Gandhi
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BJP & RSS control Facebook & Whatsapp in India. They spread fake news and hatred through it and use it to influence the electorate. Finally, the American media has come out with the truth about Facebook. https://twitter.com/...
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@rsprasad
Ravi Shankar Prasad
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Losers who cannot influence people even in their own party keep cribbing that the entire world is controlled by BJP & RSS. You were caught red-handed in alliance with Cambridge Analytica & Facebook to weaponise data before the elections & now have the gall to question us? https:/…
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@rahulgandhi
Rahul Gandhi
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We cannot allow any manipulation of our hard-earned democracy through bias, fake news & hate speech. As exposed by @WSJ, Facebook's involvement in peddling fake and hate news needs to be questioned by all Indians. https://twitter.com/...
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@mahuamoitra
Mahua Moitra
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A few questions for Facebook https://twitter.com/...
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@gauravpandhi
Gaurav Pandhi
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One reason why @Facebook is biased towards BJP is because Modi & his toadies with deep pockets spend in billions on FB ads. But FB must remember, you're dealing with a nation which shook the crony East India Company & the British Empire. In the end, India & Her Values Prevail!
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@zoo_bear
Mohammed Zubair
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This was in 2014, When Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Global Public Policy Vice President Marne Levine and India Head of Public Policy Ankhi Das met Communication & IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in Delhi https://www.gettyimages.no/... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com…
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@saketgokhale
Saket Gokhale
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Facebook's “partnership” carrot: While FB's Ankhi Das & the public policy team closely work with the BJP & endorse hate speech, the platform has a unique way of trying to prevent any criticism against it even by independent voices. It's called the “partner” model. (1/4)
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@digitallybones
Sahil Mohan Gupta
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Just to add some context here — i don't think it's good business to alienate the government in power and that's what Facebook has successfully achieved. It's morality a different thing. Das to me is mover powerful than even Ajit Mohan who is a VP and country head for Facebook htt…
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@virsanghvi
Vir Sanghvi
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You don't have to support @RahulGandhi to believe him. The evidence is now overwhelming. https://twitter.com/...
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@gauravgogoiasm
Gaurav Gogoi
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Always felt that Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp are getting away with a crime. Social media companies need to be penalised heavily for hate speech. https://twitter.com/...
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@vamsichandreddy
@vamsichandreddy
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Truth with triumph... #SatyamevaJayate https://twitter.com/...
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@kcvenugopalmp
K C Venugopal
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Satya & Ahimsa are the key philosophies of our nation & democracy. we cannot allow anyone to destroy it through untruth & biased news. @WSJ has revealed Facebook India's complicity in spreading fake news & hate speech. Every Indian needs to question this.