Facebook representatives have appeared before house committees

NEW DELHI: Though BJP has opposed IT standing panel chief Shashi Tharoor’s decision to summon Facebook representatives over allegations of political bias by its India team towards it, there have been many instances of parliamentary committees summoning representatives of social media giants, including Facebook, for examination.

A few months ago, the Ankhi Das-headed Facebook India representatives were summoned and appeared before two parliamentary committees, including the Tharoor-led committee. Last December, Facebook India team deposed before the same house committee when it took up the allegation of ‘WhatsApp snooping row’. It was then reported in the media that Ankhi Das denied snooping charges against WhatsApp.