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• @caseynewton Casey Newton on x

  Given how often Facebook promotes its mission as “giving people a voice,” it's beyond shameful that one of its top policy people is suing a journalist for posting a Wall Street Journal article https://cpj.org/...

• @aaschapiro Avi Asher-Schapiro on x

  Facebook's top lobbyist in India Ankhi Das just filed criminal complaint against journalist Awesh Tiwari. Why? Because Tiwari shared a Wall Street Journal article critical of Das on social media. More details from the Committee to Protect Journalists: https://cpj.org/...

• @saketgokhale Saket Gokhale on x

  Here's a copy of Facebook Ankhi Das' complaint to Delhi Police which she's selectively shared only with BJP's OpIndia. While naming the accused who threatened her, she's also added my tweet to the complaint as “being defamatory”. 🤦‍♀️ BJP is scared & now trying all tactics. https…

• @wadhwa Vivek Wadhwa on x

  This is outrageous. Facebook is showing its true colors which are almost as bad as the Chinese governments. https://twitter.com/...

• @__neha Neha on x

  Facebook is wreaking havoc on democracies everywhere. India doesn't have strong free speech protections. This means anything but the government's narrative gets punished. Facebook scales government oppression. https://twitter.com/...

• @chetfaliszek Chet Faliszek on x

  Hey @sherylsandberg and FB employees who bought your line - I thought you wanted to give voice to interesting conversations? Maybe you can hire another hit company to attack the journalists anonymously instead? https://twitter.com/...

• @dasracist Flip Tha Senate on x

  she let a BJP pol call for the slaughter of Muslims on FB and when she got harassed the way so many Muslims and women are constantly harassed she asked for police protection https://twitter.com/...

• @_indianmuslims Indian Muslims on x

  “It is hard not to feel frustrated & saddened by the incidents reported. Employees across the company are expressing similar sentiment,” said the letter. “The Muslim community at Facebook would like to hear from Facebook leadership on our asks.” https://in.mobile.reuters.com/ ...

• @apar1984 Apar on x

  This @CPJAsia report is alarming. Use of criminal laws on a journalist for a comment on his Facebook post is an issue of press freedom. https://cpj.org/... https://twitter.com/...

• @slpng_giants @slpng_giants on x

  @CaseyNewton @profcarroll Casey, Facebook is a free speech platform, not a data-mining and advertising business. They've been telling you this for years. Don't question it.

• @satariano Adam Satariano on x

  “I'm here today because I believe we must continue to stand for free expression.” - Mark Zuckerberg, Oct. 2019. https://about.fb.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @incindia Congress on x

  Ankhi Das has been nurturing her relationship with the BJP long before they were even in power. The outcome: BJP leaders openly spread fake news & publish hateful content, all the while the party gives Facebook crores worth of business. #BJPFBAgainstDemocracy https://twitter.com/…

• @r0h1n Rohin Dharmakumar on x

  CPJ, the Committee to Protect Journalists, calls on Facebook's India public policy head Ankhi Das to “withdraw her criminal complaint against journalist Awesh Tiwari, and respect citizens' rights to criticize her.” https://cpj.org/...

• @anivar @anivar on x

  This gives whole different colour to the Facebook India policy-BJP favouritism discussions. Now Facebook officials wants to curtail free speech by filing a police complaint making a post author responsible for a comment on his post. https://cpj.org/... https://twitter.com/...

• @ceciliakang Cecilia Kang on x

  This is not free speechy https://twitter.com/...

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  After the WSJ reported that Ankhi Das, Facebook's top policy person in India, was helping right-wing politicians skirt punishments for hate speech, she received abuse on Facebook and Instagram. Das is now asking for a police investigation. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  On brand. Facebook leadership, and policy people under Joel Kaplan, report to see journalists as the enemy. Recall after FB reportedly threatened Guardian ahead of its landmark report, FB “news” executive Campbell Brown called it “not our wisest move.” https://twitter.com/... htt…

• @digiphile Alex Howard on x

  Why did your staffer file a criminal complaint against a journalists for sharing a @WSJ article critical of her & a @Facebook policy, @finkd @sherylsandberg? Would seeking to chill journalism be acceptable if your staffer were in the US? If not, why is the standard lower there? h…

• @nidhi Nidhi Razdan on x

  Facebook employees internally question policy after India controversy."An open letter written to FB's leadership by 11 employees on one internal platform demands company leaders acknowledge,denounce “anti-Muslim bigotry” and ensure more policy consistency" https://in.reuters.com/…

• @pressfreedom @pressfreedom on x

  Facebook regional director Ankhi Das should withdraw her criminal complaint against journalist Awesh Tiwari, and respect citizens' rights to criticize her. https://cpj.org/...

• @matthewstoller Matt Stoller on x

  I'm loving all those in the U.S. who talk about how Facebook projects “American free speech norms.” https://twitter.com/...

• @reutersindia @reutersindia on x

  Exclusive: Facebook and its top lobbying executive in India are facing questions internally from employees over how political content is regulated, according to sources and internal posts seen by @Reuters https://www.reuters.com/... via @adityakalra & @MunsifV https://twitter.com…

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  Good look for Facebook, which is trying to build better relationships with news publishers. https://twitter.com/...