2020 Delhi riots: Panel asks Facebook execs for records of users' report

SC in July had refused to invalidate summons issued to the social media giant by the committee and said the panel does not have any policing powers and is not a prosecuting agency

Facebook officials on Thursday appeared before the Delhi Assembly's Peace and Harmony Committee in connection with the 2020 Delhi riots. The Supreme Court in July had refused to invalidate the summons issued to the social media giant by the committee and also said that the panel does not have any policing powers and is not a prosecuting agency.

The Delhi Assembly committee asked Facebook India to furnish records of users' reports (complaints) on the content posted on the platform one month prior and two months after the northeast Delhi riots in February 2020, according to media platform PTI.

The committee