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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Ankhi Das’s Exit from Facebook Is Not Enough for Indian Users -K Raveendran

Ankhi Das’s Exit from Facebook Is Not Enough for Indian Users -K Raveendran

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published Published on Nov 1, 2020   modified Modified on Nov 1, 2020

-Newsclick.in

The WSJ report highlighted how important the Indian market was for the business of Facebook, as the platform is banned in China, the only other country with the potential of a billion customers.

Ankhi Das, who through her own interpretation of her role as public policy director of Facebook in India gave a tinge of saffron to the social media giant’s blue colour scheme, has finally exited the India operations. She had been with Facebook since 2011, when Mark Zuckerberg’s outfit had not grown much beyond a start-up.

Her selective application of the company’s hate-speech policy to spare Hindu nationalist leaders from the company’s rules became highly controversial following an expose by the Wall Street Journal. Her policy had even prompted some colleagues to question its propriety.

Ankhi Das ended her Facebook career with an appearance before the Joint Parliamentary Committee studying personal data protection issues last week.

A company statement on her resignation said she was stepping down to ‘pursue her interest in public service’. One does not know if that could mean a role in the saffron party, although she was in her younger days known for left leanings.

Her exit does not mean that the social media giant’s flirtations with the saffron are going to end.

Shivnath Thukral, who replaces Ankhi, was a known pro-BJP TV personality before joining Facebook management. In fact, he was taken by Facebook’s team more for his contacts in BJP than his policy management expertise. So that way, Facebook’s policy division is back to square one in terms of the leaning of the policy head. It has to be seen how he functions despite all this controversy over Ankhi’s handling.

Facebook has not been a stranger to controversies, with the social media giant having been accused of playing a divisive role in elections by carrying fake news for money.

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Newsclick.in, 1 November, 2020, https://www.newsclick.in/Ankhi-Das-Exit-Facebook-Is-Not-Enough-Indian-Users?fbclid=IwAR2tIS49agQOHVanfkH7cqJCKGYTbvlKfElyP0kET0-L_KOapYtodnTnF2Q


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