Will await action, says Congress to Facebook’s ‘non-partisan’ claims

Congress on Thursday said it would await demonstration of specific corrective measures after Facebook assured it of continuing to remove hateful content by public figures in India on its platform.

Responding to AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal’s letters to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg alleging political bias and interference in India’s democratic process, the social networking company said it was a non-partisan platform that denounced hate and bigotry in all forms.

Facebook’s Public Policy, Trust and Safety director Neil Potts has said that it has taken the party’s allegation of bias very seriously and will ensure that it remains non-partisan and is committed to maintaining the highest levels of integrity.