The Delhi legislative assembly committee on peace and harmony on Saturday summoned a top Facebook official to depose infront of the committee on 15 September over alleged inaction to tackle harmful content on its platform. The committee is also probing if “there is any role or complicity of Facebook officials in Delhi Riots" which took place earlier this year. The committee has sent out summons to Ajit Mohan, vice-president and managing director of Facebook India. This comes after the committee had initiated proceedings against Facebook last month after it received complaints. Several experts as well as independent witnesses have been thoroughly examined by the committee in its previous proceedings," the statement added.

Source: Mint September 12, 2020 09:45 UTC