NEW DELHI: A panel of local lawmakers in New Delhi have summoned Facebook's top executive in India to answer allegations that it did not properly apply hate speech rules and policies, which had contributed to riots that rocked the city in February.
The Delhi assembly committee, which is looking into the communal riots in Delhi that left at least 50 people dead, said in a statement on Saturday that it had asked Facebook India head Ajit Mohan to appear before it on Sept. 15.
Facebook India has since said it is a non-partisan platform and has banned the Bharatiya Janata Party member involved for violating its policies, but both politicians and employees have questioned its content practices. Despite comprehensive policies and regulations, the nine-member panel, which is mostly comprised of Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party lawmakers along with one from the BJP, said it had received multiple complaints against Facebook.A parliamentary panel on information technology met with Facebook executives for more than two hours on Sept. 2 to discuss content regulation, after summoning them for talks.
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