Delhi riots: Facebook India officials to appear before Delhi Assembly

In a major development in connection with the Delhi riots, Facebook India’s Public Policy Director Shivnath Thukral and Director (Legal) GV Anand Bhushan will appear before Delhi Assembly’s Committee on Peace and Harmony on Thursday, November 18.

The Supreme Court on July 9 had held the Delhi Assembly’s Peace and Harmony committee’s right to question Facebook India officials as valid. The committee is chaired by AAP MLA Raghav Chadha.

In an official letter, Facebook India’s Public Policy Director stated, “We again thank you for the opportunity to appear before the Committee on Peace and Harmony (“Committee”) to provide our views to assist the Committee in its ‘aims to recommend preventative and remedial measures concerning issues of governance, social cohesion, unity, brotherhood and peace’ and ‘to strengthen overall social and economic development’ through communal harmony. Facebook shares the Committee’s aim to improve harmony among religious communities, linguistic communities, and social groups.”

On October 29 , Delhi Legislative Assembly’s committee on ‘Peace and Harmony’ had decided to call upon Facebook India to send a senior representative on “role of social media in curbing the spread of false and malicious messages which can fan disharmony and affect peace”

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