We prohibit hate speech that incites violence: Facebook's reply to BJP

A day after the BJP accused Facebook of removing 700 pages aligned to a nationalist narrative before 2019 polls, the social media group responded by saying it does not allow speech and content inciting violence.

On Sunday, the BJP IT Cell Head Amit Malviya had claimed that the BJP and the 'wider conservative ecosystem' was not aligned to Facebook as the latter removed 700 pages related to a nationalist narrative in the run-up to the 2019 general elections.

"We prohibit hate speech and content that incites violence and we enforce these policies globally without regard to anyone's political position or