Congress Demands Probe Into Facebook For Its Alleged Bias Towards BJP

“Evidently, she was elated at his victory and the big role her company, Facebook, played in helping him win,” the Congress party said.

“Facebook & WhatsApp’s role in subverting India’s democracy is now unquestionable and beyond doubt. Their complicity in propagating hate speech and fake news to favour the BJP in elections is confirmed. What makes it worse is that Facebook’s global leadership team was well aware of the biases and partisanship of their India leadership team but were willing participants,” the Congress party said.

The Congress Party has written to Facebook twice over the last two weeks seeking an internal inquiry into the allegations that have surfaced after reports in International media. The party said it is yet to get a response from the tech giant.

When asked whether the Congress party is mulling legal action against Facebook, the party’s Data Cell head Praveen Chakravarty said, “At the moment we are highlighting these grave concerns about Facebook’s role in creating communal disharmony in India and its BJP bias which is as an assault on India’s electoral democracy. We hope that our democratic government takes these concerns seriously. We will look at all our options, including legal action if need be.”