Delhi riots Assembly panel asks Facebook to submit records on users reports for 3 months
New Delhi Nov 18 PTI A Delhi Assembly committee asked Facebook India on Thursday to furnish records of users reports complaints on the content posted on the platform one month prior and two months after the northeast Delhi riots in February 2020Hearing a representation by Shivnath Thukral the public policy director of Facebook India Meta Platforms in the Assembly chairman of the Peace and Harmony Committee Raghav Chadha asked for the recordsHe also quizzed the Facebook official regarding the organisational structure the complaints redressal mechanism community standards and hate speech definitions with respect to the social media giantThukral said Facebook is not a law enforcement agency but it has a mechanism to co-operate with such agencies whenever requiredWhen things happen in the real world they reflect on our platform as well We do not want hate on our platform There are some bad actors that need to be worked on he said during the hearingThukral said Facebook has 40000 people working on content management including 15000 dealing with content moderation Any content found against the community standards followed by the platform is taken down immediately he addedSummonses were issued by the committee to Facebook India to put forward its views on the critical role of social media platforms in curbing the spread of false provocative and malicious messages that can incite violence and disharmonyThe panel has so far heard seven witnesses while examining the role of social media platforms in connection with the northeast Delhi riots that claimed over 50 lives and left hundreds of people injured in February 2020 PTI VIT RC
New Delhi Nov 18 PTI A Delhi Assembly committee asked Facebook India on Thursday to furnish records of users reports complaints on the content posted on the platform one month prior and two months after the northeast Delhi riots in February 2020Hearing a representation by Shivnath Thukral the public policy director of Facebook India Meta Platforms in the Assembly chairman of the Peace and Harmony Committee Raghav Chadha asked for the recordsHe also quizzed the Facebook official regarding the organisational structure the complaints redressal mechanism community standards and hate speech definitions with respect to the social media giantThukral said Facebook is not a law enforcement agency but it has a mechanism to co-operate with such agencies whenever requiredWhen things happen in the real world they reflect on our platform as well We do not want hate on our platform There are some bad actors that need to be worked on he said during the hearingThukral said Facebook has 40000 people working on content management including 15000 dealing with content moderation Any content found against the community standards followed by the platform is taken down immediately he addedSummonses were issued by the committee to Facebook India to put forward its views on the critical role of social media platforms in curbing the spread of false provocative and malicious messages that can incite violence and disharmonyThe panel has so far heard seven witnesses while examining the role of social media platforms in connection with the northeast Delhi riots that claimed over 50 lives and left hundreds of people injured in February 2020 PTI VIT RC
