NEW DELHI - The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) effective use of social media to spread its political message and ideology - during elections and otherwise - is well documented.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW DELHI - The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's effective use of social media to spread its political message and ideology - during elections and otherwise - is well documented.
The WSJ, in an article last Friday , cited three to four examples of how Facebook"opposed applying hate speech rules" to those linked with the Hindu nationalist party including Telangana BJP MLA T Raja Singh, who called for violence against minorities. The newspaper cited intervention by senior India executives and noted that some of the posts in question were deleted following inquiries by the WSJ. Mr Singh has claimed his account was hacked at the time.
A panel of the Delhi state assembly on Monday said it would summon Facebook officials to appear before it to explain the company's policy on how it treats hate speech and hate content.Last year, the issue even made it into Parliament, with Trinamool Party's Derek O'Brien claiming that when general elections were held,"Facebook censored anti-BJP news and put other parties at jeopardy".
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