NEW DELHI— Facebook Inc. FB -4.18% banned a member of India’s ruling party for violating its policies against hate speech, amid a growing political storm over its handling of extremist content on its platform. The removal of the politician, T. Raja Singh, is an about-face for the company and one that will be politically tricky … Read more
BENGALURU/NEW DELHI: Through an internal town hall on Wednesday, social media giant Facebook’s employees in India have apparently been conveyed the message that controversies like the one surrounding the company’s policy on hate speech posts are to be expected given the social media giant’s reach and influence. Employees familiar with the matter told ET that … Read more
BENGALURU: Facebook took down some posts by Bharatiya Janata Party politicians T. Raja Singh and Anand Hegde after a Wall Street Journal story reported on an alleged bias favouring the ruling party in taking down hateful content by the social media giant. The Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook is going slow on taking down … Read more