India's parliamentary Committee on Communications and Information…
India's parliamentary Committee on Communications and Information Technology demanded an apology from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (designated as an extremist and banned in Russia) for temporarily removing a post by the country's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
Consensus
- The Indian parliamentary committee on communications and information technologies demanded an apology from Mark Zuckerberg for the temporary removal of a post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- The post in question was a video published by Modi on July 23, 2023, on Facebook and Instagram.
- Meta stated that the removal was due to a technical error, and the video was restored after a short period.
- The committee described the removal as a 'violation of democracy'.
- The committee issued a three-day ultimatum to Meta.
- Failure to comply may result in the revocation of Meta's Safe Harbour status.
- Meta is banned in Russia as an extremist organization.
Points of divergence
- The committee demanded that Zuckerberg take measures against employees responsible for the removal, and warned that failure could lead to the suspension of the Safe Harbour regime and the initiation of a case. — kommersant
- Meta was previously accused of fraud over alleged access to user messages in WhatsApp, with plaintiffs claiming Meta's data protection claims are false. — vm
- The video post contained a promise of strict measures regarding exam leaks amid student protests. — vm
- The video was removed due to a technical error, and it was restored after the error was identified. — kommersant
Coverage (3 sources)
- In India's parliament, they demanded apologies from Zuckerberg for removing Modi's post — Коммерсантъ
- In India, they demanded apologies from Zuckerberg for removing Modi's post — Вести
- India has issued a three-day ultimatum to Mark Zuckerberg — Вечерняя Москва
Key entities
- India
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Narendra Modi
- Meta
- Russia
- News18
- Moscow
- India Today
- Meta
- Parliamentary Committee
- Parliament Committee
- Комитет по связи и информационным технологиям
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