Facebook’s Oversight Board accepts new case from India

Facebook’s Oversight Board said on Tuesday it has accepted a new case from India concerning a user post on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) that also makes some references to Sikh farmers.

The case concerns a user who shared a post from Punjabi online media platform Global Punjab TV with accompanying text claiming that the RSS and Modi are threatening the Sikhs with genocide. The text ended with a claim that Sikhs in India should be on high alert and that the Sikh regiments in the army have warned the prime minister of their willingness to die to protect the Sikh farmers and their land in Punjab.