New Delhi: Facebook India’s public policy director Shivnath Thukral and director (legal) GV Anand Bhushan will have to appear before the court. Delhi AssemblyCommittee on Peace and Harmony today (November 18) in connection with the Delhi riots. The panel had issued summons to Facebook India to clarify its stand on the role of social media in preventing the spread of false and malicious messages affecting peace.
In an official letter, Thukral wrote, “We again thank you for the opportunity to appear before the Committee on Peace and Harmony (“Committee”) to assist the Committee in recommending preventive and remedial measures relating to the issues. To provide our ideas for ‘Governance through communal harmony, social cohesion, unity, brotherhood and peace’ and ‘strengthening overall social and economic development’. Facebook Between religious communities, linguistic communities and social groups Shares the committee’s objective to improve harmony.”
In February 2020, violence broke out in the northeast region of Delhi between groups supporting and opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act. Meta Inc.Facebook’s parent company has been accused of not doing enough to stop the spread of misinformation on its platform. Following the riots, the Peace and Harmony Committee (Committee) was constituted by the Delhi Legislative Assembly to investigate the Delhi riots of February 2020.
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