Facebook and Twitter summoned by Parl panel

Parliamentary panel examining the Personal Data Protection Bill on Thursday summoned social media giants Facebook and Twitter. Google and Amazon are also expected to be summoned by the panel. Representatives of Facebook India have been asked to appear on Friday before the Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, chaired by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi, while Twitter officials are required to appear before the panel on October 28, as per the notice issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.

When contacted Lekhi said, “Whosoever is required, whether an individual or an entity, will be asked to depose before the panel on the issue of protection of data and its privacy and their respective social media platforms will be thoroughly examined by the panel.