Facebook critics call for release of India human rights review


FILE PHOTO: A man enters Facebook's new office in Mumbai, India May 27, 2016. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade

(Reuters) - Facebook critics on Wednesday called on the world's largest social network to release a human rights impact assessment it commissioned in 2020 to investigate hate speech on its platforms in India.

The social media company, which is now called Meta, faces increasing scrutiny over its handling of abuses on its services, particularly after whistleblower Frances Haugen leaked internal documents showing its struggles monitoring problematic content in countries where it was most likely to cause harm.

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