Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay, father-in-law of Ankhi Das who was Facebook's public policy head in India, says he was hurt by some party leaders’ comments on Facebook row last year.
Ankhi Das became the centre of a controversy after a Wall Street Journal article in August alleged she turned a blind eye to hate speech posts by BJP leaders on Facebook.
WSJ report also says Facebook India policy head disparaged Congress, supported Modi in internal messages. But company says her posts taken out of context.
The group, including retired IAS officers Harsh Mander and Chandrashekhar Balakrishnan, pull up Facebook for not censoring hate speech in India over business interests.
Former Bengal minister Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay, who is Facebook executive Ankhi Das' father-in-law, says she is wise and knows how to handle a campaign of 'conspiracy'.
According to a Reuters report, 11 Facebook employees in the US & other countries have sought ‘more diverse representation’ in the company’s India and other teams.
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