Facebook V-P to depose before House panel on March 6

Facebook Vice-President Joel Kaplan will appear before the Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology (IT), here on March 6, to elucidate what it and its subsidiaries WhatsApp and Instagram are doing to safeguard the citizen rights across platforms.

“Senior Facebook officials will appear on March 6 before a parliamentary panel to outline the specific measures taken to ensure safety of users on its platform,” told IANS on Sunday.

Ajit Mohan, Vice President and Managing Director, India, and Ankhi Das, Director (Public, Policy and Programmes) will accompany Kaplan, sources said.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg or COO Sheryl Sandberg are not travelling to India for the hearing.