Parliamentary panel probes FB India chief; accuses firm of bias, collusion

BJP MPs alleged that those who follow Left ideology, or have worked with the Congress are dominating the third party firms which do fact checking for Facebook

Amid a raging row over Facebook's alleged political "bias", a Parliamentary panel on Wednesday questioned the company's India head Ajit Mohan for over two hours, with both BJP and Congress members of the panel accusing the social media giant of colluding and influencing opinion, a charge denied by the firm.

While BJP members raised questions about alleged political links of the Facebook employees, claiming that many of its senior executives have worked with the Congress and its leaders in different capacities, the opposition members asked why content, including videos containing hate speech were still available online and not taken down by