Facebook has an India problem, and given that the country holds the platform’s largest user base, solving it can’t wait. Last month the Journal reported that Ankhi Das, a senior company official in charge of government relations in India, had intervened to prevent the platform from banning a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party legislator flagged internally by Facebook employees for his incendiary posts and public appearances. The legislator, T. Raja Singh, has called Muslims traitors, said Rohingya immigrants should be shot, and threatened to raze mosques.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 03, 2020 23:03 UTC