FILE PHOTO: India's flag is seen through a 3D printed Facebook logo in this illustration picture, April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationNEW DELHI: social media giant regulates political content in its biggest market by number of users.
In an internal open letter to Facebook's leadership, 11 employees demanded that company leaders acknowledge and denounce"anti-Muslim bigotry" and ensure more policy consistency. One source had said there was a debate happening internally at Facebook about content moderation processes. Facebook has been battling political fallout in India in recent days. The opposition Congress Party criticised Facebook for its policies, while some ruling-party lawmakers have accused it of censoring nationalist voices.An Indian parliamentary panel on information technology will question Facebook executives on how it regulates content in the country, a panel member told Reuters on Friday.
Facebook - which has more than 300 million users in India, its biggest market - did not respond to a request for comment on being summoned by the panel.Its soon-to-be-operational content Oversight Board, which some have dubbed the company's"Supreme Court", said it was committed to protecting users.