Facebook interferes with what people see and don’t see; profits off hate, former employee tells Delhi Assembly panel

A former Facebook employee, Marck S Luckie, on Thursday deposed digitally before a Delhi Assembly committee probing the social media giant and claimed that the platform interferes with what people see and don’t see and it was “profiting off hate”.

His deposition came as part of the Delhi Assembly’s Committee on Peace and Harmony, which is conducting a probe against Facebook following allegations that it did not adhere to its own policy on taking down hate posts by some BJP supporters fearing that it will anger the saffron party and adversely affect its business in India. The panel also felt that Facebook was complacent in taking down posts that aided the Delhi riots.