Synopsis Mohan deposed before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, chaired by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor. The panel had called him on the issue of the citizens’ data safety. Mohan was accompanied by Shivnath Thukral, the public policy director of Facebook. NEW DELHI: Amid an uproar over Facebook not removing a content posted on its site by Bajrang Dal , the social media representatives have informed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology that their fact-checking team didn't find the matter inflammatory or offensive and, hence, decided against taking any action. Facebook's team that deposed before the panel on Wednesday was led by its India head Ajith Mohan. The sitting lasted for more than two hours. Sources said IT panel chief Shashi Tharoor, Karti Chidambaram and Syed Naseer Hussain (all Congress MPs) asked FB officials about a news report claiming that Facebook refused to remove Bajrang Dal's post from its platform. This led to a series of questions from Congress and BJP members. Mohan and other officials put it on record that no content posted by Bajrang Dal had been found objectionable or inflammatory by the Facebook fact-checking team, sources said. "The Facebook team said this was the reason… Read full this story
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