New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed Facebook India Online Services Private Limited's plea challenging the probe initiated by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) against it. This issue is connected with WhatsApp's new privacy policy.

New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) has summoned representatives of Facebook on November 29 and will hear the views of representatives of Facebook India on the subject, with special emphasis on protecting citizens' rights and women's safety in digital social/online news media platforms.

New Delhi Nov 27 PTI Top executives of Facebook India are expected to depose before a parliamentary panel chaired by senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology is scheduled to meet on Monday to hear the views of the representatives of Facebook India on the subject of safeguarding citizens rights and prevention of misuse of socialonline news media platforms according to a notice issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat The meeting will also deliberate on the security of women in the digital space especially on social media Top officials of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology will also depose before the panel on the same issue according to the notice The panel has held several meetings on the subject and had summoned top executives of various social media platforms PTI JTR SMN SMN

New Delhi Nov 25 PTI Delhi Assemblys Peace and Harmony Committee has summoned Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut on December 6 over her alleged hateful posts on social media panel chairperson Raghav Chadha said on Thursday The committee issued the notice summoning Ranaut after complaints cited an alleged offensive and derogatory Instagram story posted by her said a statement from the panel The complaints claimed that Ranaut in her story labelled the Sikh community Khalistani terrorists it said As per the complaints the content of such stories has gravely hurt the religious sentiments of the Sikh community and has caused apprehensions in their mind regarding their safety as well as life and liberty the statement said Further according to the complainants the stories were published by Ranaut on her Instagram accountkanganaranaut which has a massive reach and is being followed by around 80 lakh people worldwide It illustrates the instances which hurt the religious sentiments of the Sikh community and have a tendency to disturb the peace and harmony of the society it said A complaint mentions that on November 20 Ranaut posted a story that read Khalistani terrorists may be arm twisting the government today But lets not forget one woman The only woman prime minister ne inn ko apni jooti ke neeche crush kiya tha the statement said Given the gravity and the importance of all these issues in the NCT of Delhi the committee on Peace and Harmony under the chairmanship of MLA Raghav Chadha has summoned Kangana Ranaut to appear before the committee so as to deliberate on the present issue in a more comprehensive and coherent manner the statement said It said Ranaut as been summoned to appear before the committee on December 6 at 12 pm According to the complainants the statements purportedly posted by Ranaut have caused immense agony distress and gravely hurt the religious sentiments of the people from the Sikh community This potentially leads to a situation of disruption of peace and harmony in the NCT of Delhi by allegedly disrespecting the entire community and instigating threats to their life and liberty said the statement quoting the complaints The Peace and Harmony Committee which was formed by the Delhi Assembly in 2020 is also currently hearing complaints related to the Delhi riots and last week it recorded statements of a Facebook India representative PTI VIT AAR RCJ RCJ

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 [India], November 16 (ANI): Facebook India's Public Policy Director Shivnath Thukral and Director (Legal) GV Anand Bhushan will appear before Delhi Assembly's Committee on Peace and Harmony on November 18 in connection with the Delhi riots.

New Delhi [India], November 13 (ANI): Congress party wrote a letter to the CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg on Friday wherein they sought an internal inquiry on fake news and inflammatory content being spread on the social media giant under Bharatiya Janata Party's tenure.

New Delhi [India], November 2 (ANI): Facebook India has sought 14 days time from Delhi Legislative Assembly's committee on 'Peace & Harmony' to appear before them and furnish statement.

New Delhi [India], October 29 (ANI): Delhi Legislative Assembly's committee on 'Peace and Harmony' has decided to call upon Facebook India to send an appropriate senior representative to depose on November 2 on "role of social media in curbing the spread of false and malicious messages which can fan disharmony and affect peace".

pHe succeeds Ankhi Das who quit in October last year She was embroiled in a controversy for opposing enforcement of hate-speech rules against right-wing leaders in the countryp