Former bureaucrat takes over as FB’s public policy head

Facebook has appointed former bureaucrat and Uber executive Rajiv Aggarwal as director of public policy for the social media giant in India.

Aggarwal succeeds Ankhi Das, who resigned in October last year after allegations that she opposed enforcing hate-speech rules against leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

As India director of public policy, Aggarwal will define and lead policy development initiatives on an agenda that covers user safety, data protection and privacy, inclusion and internet governance, Facebook said in a statement on Monday. He will report to Ajit Mohan, vice president and managing director, Facebook India.