Delhi Assembly panel begins Facebook hearing, to summon officials

The Delhi Legislative Assembly’s Committee on Peace and Harmony Tuesday examined journalist author Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and digital rights activist Nikhil Pahwa — called in as “expert witnesses” in the matter of Facebook’s alleged “intentional and deliberate inaction” with regard to “inflammatory and hateful” content on its platform and their alleged nexus with the BJP.

Facebook officials will be called soon to depose before the committee, chairman of the committee Raghav Chadha said. He said the matter is being heard as he had received multiple complaints in this regard, particularly after a Wall Street Journal article dated August 14.