FIR filed against Facebook India public policy director Ankhi Das

An FIR has been filed against Facebook’s policy chief in India Ankhi Das by a Chhattisgarh-based journalist for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and inciting communal violence. Two people who allegedly posted threatening comments against the journalist have also been named in the FIR.

The case was lodged on the complaint of Awesh Tiwari, a Raipur-based journalist and also a member of the Congress government’s fake news committee.

“I am the state head of Swaraj Express and we had put up a post regarding the Wall Street Journal’s expose of how Ankhi Das at Facebook pressured her juniors to not implement hate speech clause on political posts to keep her relationship with the ruling party intact,” Tiwari said in the FIR.