Facebook exec in India files police complaint after report on content practices


Facebook's top public-policy executive in India said the threats followed a Wall Street Journal report that said she opposed applying Facebook's hate-speech rules to a politician from Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party, among others. — Reuters

NEW DELHI: A top Facebook executive in India has filed a police complaint in New Delhi saying she is receiving death threats after a media report said she and the US social network company allegedly favoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party.

Ankhi Das, Facebook's top public-policy executive in India, in her complaint to Delhi police, as reported by Indian media, said the threats followed a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report that said she opposed applying Facebook's hate-speech rules to a politician from Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and some other Hindu nationalist individuals and groups.

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