‘We have always been an open, transparent and non-partisan platform,’ says Facebook amid political row

NEW DELHI: Facebook on Friday said it was an “open, transparent and non-partisan social media platform”, amid allegations that the company did not apply hate speech rules for posts by certain ruling party politicians.

Recently, a Wall Street Journal report alleged that Facebook’s content policies favoured the ruling party in India. Since then, the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress have been trading barbs over social media giant’s alleged bias.