Facebook India MD Ajit Mohan Appeared Parlimentary Panel to discussion about latest journal - To answer the questions of the ruling and opposition parties

 Amid political slogans overthe Facebook issue, Ajit Mohan, head of the organisation's India division, present in a parliamentary panel 

Facebook India MD Ajit Mohan Appeared Parlimentary Panel

NEW DELHI: Amid political slogans over the Facebook issue, Ajit Mohan, head of the organisation's India division, appeared before a parliamentary panel on Wednesday to respond to allegations made by the opposition on social media platforms.

 The meeting was chaired by Shashi Tharoor, a senior Congress leader in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology.  Agenda.

  Mohan, managing director of Facebook India, appeared before the panel this afternoon, officials said.

  He was inside the house for more than two hours, but there was no immediate reaction to his remarks.

  Representatives of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology were invited to the panel, but some, including some digital media workers, were not allowed to participate in front of the panel.

  An official said the panel was attended by 18 people, including the chairman.

 A key feature of the panel was a recent report in the Wall Street Journal claiming that "Facebook India is ignoring the" hate speech "of the current BJP, India's central ruling party."  From Sashi Tharoor on behalf of the panel to Ajit Mohan, Acting Head of Facebook India. Tharoor's statement naturally sparked a storm of controversy.

 

Ravi Shankar Prashad wrote letter to Mark Zuckerberg accusing the social media platform workers of backing them in a series of election-losing political situations and accusing the Prime Minister and others 

  BJP MP Nishikant Dubey protested, saying "the Congress leader has used the panel's platform as his and his party's political agenda" and even demanded the chairman's resignation.

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has claimed that the international media has "exposed" the "bold attack" of Facebook and WhatsApp on India's democracy and social harmony.

  "Foreign agencies should not be allowed to interfere in the affairs of our country," he said.

  They should be investigated immediately and when they are found guilty, they should be punished, "Gandhi tweeted.

  On the other hand, Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad wrote in a letter to Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday, accusing the social media platform workers of backing them in a series of election-losing political situations and accusing the Prime Minister and the senior cabinet of "abusing" them.

  In a three-page letter to Facebook chief executive Zuckerberg, Prasad called members of the Facebook India team "biased and inactive" in accusing supporters of the rights-centric ideology, pointing to the ideological and egalitarian flaws of the social media rights-center.