The Delhi Assembly’s panel on Peace and Harmony on Tuesday decided to summon Facebook officials in connection with allegations that the social media giant chose to ignore hate speech made by Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on its platform, PTI reported. The panel also called experts to offer their opinion on the accusations against Facebook.
“It was unanimously decided by the committee, upon the revelations and insights gathered by the witnesses, that Facebook officials must be called upon to carry out a painstaking investigation into the allegations made by the complainants which were supported by the witnesses as well as the depositions of key witnesses summoned,” the Delhi Assembly said in a statement.
The Delhi Assembly added that it will issue notices to top Facebook officials soon and interrogate them on record.
The panel also called in journalist and author Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and digital rights activist Nikhil Pahwa, whose statements were taken as “expert witnesses”. Thakurta has written a book titled The Real Face of Facebook in India.
Aam Aadmi Party MLA Raghav Chadha, who is the chairperson of the Delhi Assembly panel, asked the experts several questions about the alleged Facebook-BJP nexus and the role of social media in “aggravating” the large-scale communal violence that took...
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