Facebook reply to Congress letters: Public policy driven by diverse team from varied political spectrum

Facebook has told the Congress that its decisions on enforcement of its policies on hate speech and dangerous organisations and individuals are not made “unilaterally by any one person” and that its public policy is driven by a “diverse team” representing a “varied political spectrum” who have either served in many administrations or have “political experience”.

Facebook’s response came after Congress general secretary K C Venugopal wrote two letters to its CEO Mark Zuckerberg last month referring to The Wall Street Journal report which said that Facebook’s top public policy executive in India “opposed applying hate-speech rules” to at least four individuals and groups linked with the BJP despite the fact that they were “flagged internally for promoting or participating in violence”.