After Twitter, Facebook has removed a content posted by the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi It identified the family of the nine-year-old victim of the alleged rape and murder in northwest Delhi, saying it violated the social media platform’s policies. According to sources, Facebook has informed Gandhi and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to remove the post from Facebook and Instagram.
Earlier this week, Facebook wrote to Gandhi asking him to remove the said post from Instagram- Facebook’s photosharing platform. “We have taken action to remove the content because it violates our policies,” a Facebook spokesperson said in an emailed statement Friday.
Facebook takes action against any content if it violates its Community Standards or receives a valid legal request in accordance with Indian laws. Last week, the NCPCR had asked Facebook to take appropriate action against Gandhi’s Instagram profile for violating provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act, 2012 and the Indian Penal Code, and demanded Had to remove the video from the platform.
After the first week’s communication from Facebook to Gandhi, the NCPCR withdrew the company’s direction to appear before the commission with an explanation on non-action regarding Gandhi’s post. Earlier this month, Gandhi had met the family of the nine-year-old girl and said that he was with them on the road to justice and “won’t back down an inch”. Later, he posted a picture of his meeting with the girl’s parents on Instagram.
Similar posts were shared on Twitter as well. The microblogging platform had shut down the accounts of Gandhi as well as several other Congress leaders who had tweeted the controversial post. On August 14, Twitter restored Gandhi’s account after the Congress leader submitted a consent letter from the victim’s family. However, Twitter continues to block tweets that contain images stating that they violate the laws of India.
A Twitter spokesperson said, “As part of the appeals process, @RahulGandhi (Rahul Gandhi’s official Twitter handle) submitted a copy of the formal consent/authorization letter to use the referenced image through our India complaints channel Is.” The law provides that the identity of a juvenile who has been sexually assaulted cannot be disclosed. Tweeting pictures of the family violated that and so the accounts were closed. During the period the accounts were locked, the owner could access the account but was not allowed to send new tweets. This was to allow them to delete controversial tweets.
But neither Gandhi nor the Congress and its leaders did so. Instead, he submitted a consent letter from the family of the alleged rape victim for the use of their images. A Twitter spokesperson said, “We have followed the necessary due diligence process to review the appeal to protect the safety and privacy of affected individuals. We took our enforcement action based on the consent provided by the people depicted in the image. has been updated.” said.
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