Congress has demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the continued ‘favouritism’ shown by Facebook towards the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and has alleged that the social media platform has become ‘fakebook’.Addressing a press conference here on Monday, party spokesperson Pawan Khera said, “It has become ‘fakebook’ and a JPC probe should be done.”He said, “Despite knowing all, why hasn’t Facebook designated the RSS and Bajrang Dal as dangerous organisations, based on its own internal reports? The Government of India had been extremely pro-active against Twitter citing Social Media safety compliance, why are they not uttering a word now?”The internal reports and recommendations of Facebook’s security team went against the recommendations of Facebook’s safety team; insofar as they prioritised commercial interests over safety of Indian Citizens, and yet no action has been taken by the Government, doesn’t this clearly implicate the presence of a quid pro quo? We, therefore, demand that a JPC probe be ordered immediately.”
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