Against the backdrop of the Congress’ allegations that social media platform Facebook (FB) favoured the BJP and the RSS, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has written a letter to FB CEO Mark Zuckerberg claiming it was the BJP which suffered due to policy pursued by some biased officials of the Facebook India.
Prasad said there was a “concerted effort” by FB India officials to delete pages of right-of-centre ideology.
Prasad, in his letter, said, “Right from India MD to other senior officials, they all belong to a particular political belief”.
The Minister said FB is the latest tool in their arsenal to stoke internal divisions and social disturbances. He said there have been “multiple instances” where Facebook was used by “anarchic and radical” elements but no action against them have been taken.
“I would like to point out that there have also been multiple instances recently where Facebook has been used by anarchic and radical elements whose sole aim is to destroy social order, to recruit people and to assemble them for violence. However, we are yet to see any meaningful action against such elements,” he said.
“I am writing this letter to raise serious concerns, some of which we have also raised in the past with senior officials of Facebook,” said the Union Law Minister.