We are open, transparent and impartial: Ajit Mohan

Facebook has said it's "an open, transparent and non-partisan platform" after a Wall Street Journal report claimed it didn't apply hate-speech rules to a BJP leader. "We denounce hate and bigotry in any form...We have an impartial approach to dealing with content and are strongly governed by our Community Standards," Facebook India Vice President and Managing Director Ajit Mohan said.


Many questions have been raised specifically about enforcement of our policies around hate speech," Facebook India vice president and managing director Ajit Mohan said.The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, will hear Facebook representatives on September 2.

"Many questions have been raised specifically about enforcement of our policies around hate speech. There is no place for hate speech on our platform. We have an impartial approach to dealing with content and are strongly governed by our Community Standards. We enforce these policies globally without regard to anyone's political position, party affiliation or religious and cultural belief," Mr Mohan said.

"We have removed and will continue to remove content posted by public figures in India when it violates our Community Standards," he said.

A Wall Street Journal report said, Facebook deliberately ignored incendiary content from members of the ruling BJP and right-wing groups even after the issue was flagged internally by Mr Zuckerberg. Quoting unnamed Facebook insiders, the report said a senior Facebook India policy executive, Ankhi Das, had refused to ban a BJP MLA from Telangana despite his divisive posts.