Parliamentary panel plans to summon Facebook in hate-speech case

A report by The Wall Street Journal on Saturday mentioned that Facebook overlooked its hate speech policies

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology said on Sunday that it would seek Facebook’s response on the allegations that the social media giant ignored hate speeches to protect its India business.
 

“The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology would certainly wish to hear from Facebook about these reports and what they propose to do about hate-speech in India,” Shashi Tharoor, the committee’s chairperson and senior Congress party leader, tweeted on Sunday.

. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology would certainly wish to hear from @Facebook about these reports & what they propose to do