Facebook official to appear before NCPCR today over Rahul Gandhi Instagram post

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has summoned a Facebook official on Tuesday along with the action report taken against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for posting a video on social media, revealing the identity of the family of the nine-year-old girl allegedly raped and murdered in Delhi. The video by Gandhi was posted on Instagram, a platform owned by Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook.

In the summon letter, the child rights body asked Satya Yadav, trust and safety head of Facebook India, to appear before it through video conferencing at 5 pm, according to the news agency ANI. The NCPCR sent the notice under Section 13 and 14 of the Care and Protection of Children Act for Juvenile justice.