WhatsApp, FB inciting communal hatred: INDIA bloc writes to Zuckerberg, Pichai

They said the probes by The Washington Post show that Meta and YouTube are “culpable of abetting social disharmony and inciting communal hatred in India”. Listen to this article WhatsApp, FB inciting communal hatred: INDIA bloc writes to Zuckerberg, Pichai x Accusing Facebook and YouTube of “abetting social disharmony” and “inciting communal hatred in India” besides suppression of content put out by Opposition leaders, the top leadership of the INDIA bloc has written to these platforms asking them to ensure that their operations in India remain “neutral” and are not used to cause “social unrest” in view of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. In a strongly worded letter to Meta Platforms chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet Inc chief executive Sundar Pichai, INDIA bloc leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray and Akhilesh Yadav said “such blatant partisanship and bias towards one political formation by a private foreign company is tantamount to interfering in India’s democracy”.The leaders drew Zuckerberg and Pichai’s attention to articles published by The Washington Post recently on the “role of WhatsApp and Facebook in aiding the communal hatred campaign of ruling BJP” and role of “YouTube in propagating communal hatred and dividing Indian society”.
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