Facebook India VP moves SC against Delhi Assembly panel’s summon over platform’s alleged role in Delhi riots

NEW DELHI: Facebook India Vice-President Ajit Mohan on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court against a notice issued by a Delhi Assembly panel to appear before it over the social media platform’s alleged role in the Delhi riots in February.

A three judge bench headed by Justice SK Kaul will take up the matter on Wednesday. Last week, Facebook India executives had skipped summons issued by the Assembly’s Committee for Peace and Harmony headed by Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson and legislator Raghav Chaddha over a Wall Street Journal report that claimed Facebook deliberately did not act on hateful content. The notice asked Mohan to appear on September 23.