Facebook India head approaches SC against Delhi Assembly Panel's notice

Facebook executives had earlier skipped the hearing of Delhi Assembly's 'Peace and Harmony' committee

Facebook India Managing Director and Vice President Ajit Mohan has challenged a notice from the Delhi Assembly's ‘Peace and Harmony’ committee in the Supreme Court over the social media giant’s alleged "deliberate and intentional inaction to contain hateful content” in India. Besides Mohan, other petitioners include Facebook India Online Services Pvt. Ltd and Menlo Park headquartered Facebook, Inc. 

The committee had summoned the Facebook executives recently to answer serious charges linked to the February Delhi riots. According to media reports, the Supreme Court will on Wednesday hear the plea by Mohan. The firm has asked for the withdrawal of the