2024 Lok Sabha Polls: ‘Remain neutral’, INDIA bloc accuses Google, Facebook of aiding communal hatred
2024 Lok Sabha polls. The letters came after the Washington Post newspaper flagged alleged bias of Facebook, WhatsApp, and YouTube towards the ruling BJP and the Narendra Modi dispensation.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge shared the letter on X (formerly Twitter) and said, “Letter by INDIA parties to Facebook's Mr. Mark Zuckerberg (@finkd) citing the exhaustive investigations by the Washington Post that Meta is culpable of abetting social disharmony and inciting communal hatred in India." "INDIA parties also write to Google's Mr.
Sundar Pichai on an exhaustive investigation by the Washington Post that Alphabet and specifically YouTube is culpable of abetting social disharmony and inciting communal hatred in India," he said in another post while sharing the letter to Pichai. The opposition parties, in the letter, wrote, “You may be aware of the recent exposes by the Washington Post newspaper about the role of WhatsApp and Facebook in aiding the communal hatred campaign of the ruling BJP." "In another article titled 'Under India's pressure, Facebook let propaganda and hate speech thrive', the Post has elucidated with evidence the blatant partisanship by Facebook India executives towards the ruling dispensation.
This was well known to us in the Opposition for a long time and we have even raised it several times in the past," the INDIA bloc parties said. "It is very clear from these exhaustive investigations by the Washington Post that Meta is guilty of abetting social disharmony and inciting communal hatred in India.
Further, we have data that shows algorithmic moderation and suppression of Opposition leaders' content on your platform while also promoting ruling party content," the letter read. "Such blatant
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