We are transparent, non-partisan: Facebook

Facebook is a non-partisan platform that denounces hate and bigotry, the social media company’s India head said in a statement on Friday in an attempt to address allegations of political bias after a media report said its executives based in Delhi blocked action against a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician.

Friday’s statement, uploaded on the website, was signed by Facebook India head Ajit Mohan, who did not go into the specific allegations against the company’s India policy head Ankhi Das. Das, according to an August 14 report by Wall Street Journal citing unnamed company insiders, opposed applying hate-speech rules to some members linked to BJP, including Telangana MLA T Raja Singh.

“The decisions around content escalations are not made unilaterally by just one person … the process comes with robust checks and balances,” Mohan, wrote in an online post titled “We are open, transparent and non-partisan”.