The panel, set up under the legal cell headed by Vivek Tankha, comprises four young lawyers who are also attached to the Congress party. According to the two panel members cited above, they are now busy gathering information before deciding their next course of action—political as well as any possible legal recourse—against Facebook’s alleged lenience towards the BJP. After the WSJ report was published, the Opposition launched protests against both Facebook and the BJP. It also possibly indicates that the Congress wants to prepare a document backed by legal argument to take on Facebook. As it is, the party has decided to raise the WSJ report in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament that is due to start in September.

Source: Hindustan Times August 25, 2020 18:37 UTC