The social media giant said these posts were temporarily blocked due to a mistake and were not taken down on government orders. Social media giant Facebook on Wednesday temporarily blocked posts with a hashtag calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the government’s handling of the pandemic. Facebook later said these posts were temporarily blocked due to a mistake and were not taken down on government orders. A Facebook spokesperson said in an e-mailed statement, “We temporarily blocked this hashtag by mistake, not because the Indian government asked us to, and have since restored it.” The company did not give more details. Facebook has also clarified that it was removed by mistake,” the Ministry of Electronics and IT said in a tweet.

Source: The Hindu April 29, 2021 05:21 UTC