Members of India’s governing party reject allegations that Facebook has chosen to turn a blind eye to partisan hate speech on its platform to protect its growing business interests in India.
Modi’s party leaders have come under scrutiny for running online campaigns laced with false claims or with vitriolic attacks on India’s minority Muslim population, posting videos or images that range from accusing Muslims of converting Hindu girls to Islam to intentionally spreading the coronavirus.
Facebook invested $5.7 billion in cash in Reliance Jio, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, whose chairman, Mukesh Ambani, is India’s richest man. Modi himself has a huge following on social media and has asked his party’s grassroots operatives and leaders to be more active on Facebook.
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