IT panel summons Facebook India officials after whistleblower shares dossier on fake news, hate speech

Revelations made by a Facebook whistleblower on how the social media giant handled misinformation and hate news on its platform, which also reportedly had an impact in India ahead of the last general elections, has reached the Information Technology Parliamentary Committee.

Sophie Zhang, a former Facebook employee who made the company’s alleged unethical working public, has shared a dossier with the house panel headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, sources told The Indian Express.

The committee, in its meeting on November 29, had summoned Facebook India officials to appear before it to discuss what the whistleblower has shared, sources added.