The Facebook controversy relates to India’s democracy and deserves a fair and bipartisan parliamentary inquiry. Instead of personalising the blame, the question is whether a mega corporation is only driven by profit or do fairness and responsible behaviour feature in its scheme of things, given its domination of public debate.
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In the past, JPCs have been constituted for things as trivial as pesticides in colas. Given how powerful these social media giants have become, their ability to mould public discourse and opinion, some of the issues the Wall Street Journal has revealed merit a credible, bipartisan enquiry. During its decade in opposition, the ruling party tilted at every windmill in sight. In power, it should be sporting enough to concede opposition demands for objective fact finding.
In the past, JPCs have been constituted for things as trivial as pesticides in colas. Given how powerful these social media giants have become, their ability to mould public discourse and opinion, some of the issues the Wall Street Journal has revealed merit a credible, bipartisan enquiry. During its decade in opposition, the ruling party tilted at every windmill in sight. In power, it should be sporting enough to concede opposition demands for objective fact finding.
In the past, JPCs have been constituted for things as trivial as pesticides in colas. Given how powerful these social media giants have become, their ability to mould public discourse and opinion, some of the issues the Wall Street Journal has revealed merit a credible, bipartisan enquiry. During its decade in opposition, the ruling party tilted at every windmill in sight. In power, it should be sporting enough to concede opposition demands for objective fact finding.