House panel calls meeting with FB, Google and MEITY officials

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology has called representatives of Google, Facebook, and the Union electronics and information ministry separately to discuss the protection of citizen rights and prevention of the misuse of social media with a special emphasis on women’s safety.

The meeting with Google and Facebook has been scheduled for June 29. The ministry officials will meet the Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor-led panel on July 7.

The agenda of the June 29 meeting uploaded on the Lok Sabha website said it has been scheduled to hear the views of representatives of Facebook India and Google India on “the subject ‘Safeguarding citizens’ rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news media platforms including special emphasis on women security in the digital space”.