Facebook is under pressure worldwide over the policing of hate speech. — AFP
NEW DELHI: Facebook's top India public policy executive, who was at the centre of a row over the alleged failure to address hate speech on the platform, has quit, the social media giant said on Oct 28.
The network sparked a political storm in India after The Wall Street Journal reported in August that policy chief Ankhi Das refused to take down anti-Muslim comments by a Hindu nationalist lawmaker as it could damage the firm's business interests.
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