Facebook tilts to Right, not just in India

The BJP’s counter to The Wall Street Journal’s expose of the party having received preferential treatment from Facebook has been that the social media platform is Left-leaning but experience the world over suggests otherwise.

The rightward tilt of Facebook has been reported extensively across the world and includes accusations of promoting Holocaust deniers, providing an enabling environment for US President Donald Trump’s 2016 election and the Brexit-related Vote Leave campaign in the UK, besides admitting to being used for the genocide against Rohingyas in Myanmar.

The WSJ expose relating to Facebook India is just one of three reports from across the world this month on the platform leaning to the Right.