The MPs are members of the Parliamentary panel on Information Technology, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. They have complained to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
The WSJ report comes as social media giants find themselves under deepening pressure to crack down on hate speech. India is by far Facebook's biggest market.
Facebook & Apple have criticised one another multiple times, with Apple calling out privacy concerns related to Facebook, which in turn says Apple's phone prices & fees are too high.
By inducing platforms to do away with news snippets altogether, the move will in all likelihood reduce publishers’ traffic, depress ad revenue and needlessly deprive consumers.
India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
Classic.
Obviously, it’s designed to drag the barely-questioning( read barely critical-thinking) masses back to the those sturdy bubbleS.
One should wonder.. Why, never before now: Has ‘The Network'( “IT Cell”/”WhatsApp® University”, et. al) has been at pains to clear the name of Facebook®’s India’s operations than ever before? After all.. In lockstep with the international RW, they were the pioneers to whine how tyrannical these “Big Tech” Corporates are becoming. And the germ of such grievances was were they were located, Silicon Valley, in “NoCal” or Northern part of the USA’s State of California.( An arguably “Leftist-mArXisT”* state whose economy surpasses that of many other countries, including but not limited to — the “Republic” of India. In fact, it’s said that its economy makes it stand in line with successful sovereign-states in and of itself — quite a bigger, another hole in the thesis of[ pro-Capitalism] RW who inevitably latch on to the “farmers of California” as the primal economy-drivers, their defense-shield.[ Yet a-gain, it’s a widespread Orthodox-presupposition that in agriculture, folks tend to be more Conservative than most of other occupations. Whether intensive-labour is the prerequisite, or not.] And once a-gain, it’s a ludicrous fallacy; a desperate, pitiful attempt at misdirection which is not supported by wholesome-data. Nevermind the fact those who bring up the[ supposedly-RW] “farmers” as the primal cogs-in-the-wheel indeed do treat them as such, unmaintained cogs who’re not that deserving of incentives and economic-backing BUT the predators, their Big Business clients[ do]. Unless.. ‘Course, it’s to help galvanise them to continue being one of the abusers of the ecosystem, our inescapable, irreplaceable environment. Shall I spell-out ‘why’?)
This unprecedented, never-seen-before endorsement of Facebook®’s competence, mere months after the exposé of INC’s own dalliances with now-defunct Cambridge Analytica®
BEFORE yet-another “gora”, Aaron Banks( no salutation!) appropriated our Swades[h]i mechanisms for excavating and delivering The Truth™ to the masses**, but alas.. The hopelessly-brainwashed masses by the cross-Atlantic “Urban nAXAl” professors and other elites, effectively convinced them: To shoot The Messenger!( 2 minutes in silence for Om Shānti***.)
led them to denounce INC primarily, but number of them( I deter invoking the euphemistic ‘some’****) admixed Facebook®’s complicity for the sake of “nEuTRalItY”, recalling their past-grievances and concluding it as “vindication”.
But if Ms Ankhi Das, being a “Bong” is indeed that close to the[ “Didi”‘s] TMC and in spite of greater number of evidences linking her to RSS-affiliated outfits( even if one discounts “guilt by association” owing to her [twin-]sister’s direct-links, even though yet-again.. Their..) to regurgitate the arguments with their rule*****, then why are they ( their compatriots) including but not limited to, “independent” opinion-leaders/-makers carrying water to defend an employer of somebody with “strong ties” to the of “Didi”, especially when a coveted RW( but apparently appropriating my long-abandoned worldview summarised as: “One country’s right-wing( particularly in an Occidental country) is left-wing for overseas”, it’s a LW instead) publication has clearly established her as somebody who exceeds her authority[ of her job-profile], even though I’m not sure how many of them have come across this factor( if at all) — then why so much of weight thrown behind defending that employer? And that too.. When this wasn’t noticeably( forget about ‘notably’) practiced ever before?
And since I know that “commenting is free”, unhelped by the practical-pseudonymity granted to fellow commenters( not necessarily ‘readers’), I’m obligated to spell-out for “the man himself” here: Facebook® does have an impersonation policy which draws a clear-line with[ potential] “parody” accounts/IDs, so if Facebook® is as mechanically-“pRoFeSsIoNaL” as he implies: Then his team[ who has gone through the trouble of translating his communications], must’ve been proactive in reporting those accounts capitalising on his celebrity. To spell-out: No [advertiser-/user-]account on any of Facebook® Inc’s offerings, paid or obviously, for-free — required.
Any receipts?
⏎
*One of the international-equivalents of yet-another neologism, ‘Urban nAXAl’.
**Riffing on A mega-TP( a principle, if you will) that: How every notable invention and innovation, had its seeds from either Vedās[ or Dharmashāstras] or Imperial-subjects( most-popularly-euphemised-as: colonised people) of subcontinental KINGdoms( read anachronistic-“Bhāratiyas”).
***Apparently, just like “Merry Christmas” for the audiences of erstwhile medical Dr Zākir Nāik: ‘R[est ]I[n ]P[eace]’ is a preposterous, self-hating expression for non-ians owing to “cOlOnIALiSm”. Or something like that.
****Formally defined as quite different to ‘few’, I understand. But other-than the fact that those being dealt with are proficient in perverting linguistics, “some” has started to sound increasingly-utopian. Like, as if the sociological-equivalent of theorising “the fate of this Planet” or something. “It’s all cyclical!” is as true as too far-sigh[t]ed( pun intended), I opine.
*****Nevermind that the TMC also has a sizable “Hindutva℠ wing” since past few years and in fact, they’ve went as far as hiring workers from outfits like Bajrang Dal.
What makes anyone think that the WSJ can never be wrong. I think that its Editorial Board is a bunch of snobs who want to impose their unbalanced opinions on the rest of the world.
I hope this Facebook fiasco will prove to be an eyeopener for all those who are busy chasing PROFIT – – which means all the businessmen without exception. They will realize that SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY is equally important.
You think it is soooo simple. stakes are very very high “SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY”…gayi tel lene. Bhaiya ji this is the story of throne. After divide and rule the advanced version is hate and rule….
Raja Singh may be right that 3 or 4 people are sending messages in his name. Obviously he is enjoying that.
If he wanted to save his reputation , he would have asked FB to investigate these fake accounts long ago.
Has he then instigated others to post messages on his behalf ?
Couldn’t Have Surmised It Better! ?????? ????????
Facebook® does have an impersonation policy which draws a clear-line with “parody” accounts, if Facebook® is as mechanically-professional as he claims: Then his team[ who has gone through the trouble of translating his communications], must’ve been proactive in reporting those accounts capitalising on his celebrity.
Bwahahahahaha!
Classic.
Obviously, it’s designed to drag the barely-questioning( read barely critical-thinking) masses back to the those sturdy bubbleS.
One should wonder.. Why, never before now: Has ‘The Network'( “IT Cell”/”WhatsApp® University”, et. al) has been at pains to clear the name of Facebook®’s India’s operations than ever before? After all.. In lockstep with the international RW, they were the pioneers to whine how tyrannical these “Big Tech” Corporates are becoming. And the germ of such grievances was were they were located, Silicon Valley, in “NoCal” or Northern part of the USA’s State of California.( An arguably “Leftist-mArXisT”* state whose economy surpasses that of many other countries, including but not limited to — the “Republic” of India. In fact, it’s said that its economy makes it stand in line with successful sovereign-states in and of itself — quite a bigger, another hole in the thesis of[ pro-Capitalism] RW who inevitably latch on to the “farmers of California” as the primal economy-drivers, their defense-shield.[ Yet a-gain, it’s a widespread Orthodox-presupposition that in agriculture, folks tend to be more Conservative than most of other occupations. Whether intensive-labour is the prerequisite, or not.] And once a-gain, it’s a ludicrous fallacy; a desperate, pitiful attempt at misdirection which is not supported by wholesome-data. Nevermind the fact those who bring up the[ supposedly-RW] “farmers” as the primal cogs-in-the-wheel indeed do treat them as such, unmaintained cogs who’re not that deserving of incentives and economic-backing BUT the predators, their Big Business clients[ do]. Unless.. ‘Course, it’s to help galvanise them to continue being one of the abusers of the ecosystem, our inescapable, irreplaceable environment. Shall I spell-out ‘why’?)
This unprecedented, never-seen-before endorsement of Facebook®’s competence, mere months after the exposé of INC’s own dalliances with now-defunct Cambridge Analytica®
led them to denounce INC primarily, but number of them( I deter invoking the euphemistic ‘some’****) admixed Facebook®’s complicity for the sake of “nEuTRalItY”, recalling their past-grievances and concluding it as “vindication”.
But if Ms Ankhi Das, being a “Bong” is indeed that close to the[ “Didi”‘s] TMC and in spite of greater number of evidences linking her to RSS-affiliated outfits( even if one discounts “guilt by association” owing to her [twin-]sister’s direct-links, even though yet-again.. Their..) to regurgitate the arguments with their rule*****, then why are they ( their compatriots) including but not limited to, “independent” opinion-leaders/-makers carrying water to defend an employer of somebody with “strong ties” to the of “Didi”, especially when a coveted RW( but apparently appropriating my long-abandoned worldview summarised as: “One country’s right-wing( particularly in an Occidental country) is left-wing for overseas”, it’s a LW instead) publication has clearly established her as somebody who exceeds her authority[ of her job-profile], even though I’m not sure how many of them have come across this factor( if at all) — then why so much of weight thrown behind defending that employer? And that too.. When this wasn’t noticeably( forget about ‘notably’) practiced ever before?
And since I know that “commenting is free”, unhelped by the practical-pseudonymity granted to fellow commenters( not necessarily ‘readers’), I’m obligated to spell-out for “the man himself” here: Facebook® does have an impersonation policy which draws a clear-line with[ potential] “parody” accounts/IDs, so if Facebook® is as mechanically-“pRoFeSsIoNaL” as he implies: Then his team[ who has gone through the trouble of translating his communications], must’ve been proactive in reporting those accounts capitalising on his celebrity. To spell-out: No [advertiser-/user-]account on any of Facebook® Inc’s offerings, paid or obviously, for-free — required.
Any receipts?
⏎
*One of the international-equivalents of yet-another neologism, ‘Urban nAXAl’.
**Riffing on A mega-TP( a principle, if you will) that: How every notable invention and innovation, had its seeds from either Vedās[ or Dharmashāstras] or Imperial-subjects( most-popularly-euphemised-as: colonised people) of subcontinental KINGdoms( read anachronistic-“Bhāratiyas”).
***Apparently, just like “Merry Christmas” for the audiences of erstwhile medical Dr Zākir Nāik: ‘R[est ]I[n ]P[eace]’ is a preposterous, self-hating expression for non-ians owing to “cOlOnIALiSm”. Or something like that.
****Formally defined as quite different to ‘few’, I understand. But other-than the fact that those being dealt with are proficient in perverting linguistics, “some” has started to sound increasingly-utopian. Like, as if the sociological-equivalent of theorising “the fate of this Planet” or something. “It’s all cyclical!” is as true as too far-sigh[t]ed( pun intended), I opine.
*****Nevermind that the TMC also has a sizable “Hindutva℠ wing” since past few years and in fact, they’ve went as far as hiring workers from outfits like Bajrang Dal.
Facebook has become too large and won’t listen to individuals who any grievances.Because of lots of money that Facebook has nobody dares them.
What makes anyone think that the WSJ can never be wrong. I think that its Editorial Board is a bunch of snobs who want to impose their unbalanced opinions on the rest of the world.
I hope this Facebook fiasco will prove to be an eyeopener for all those who are busy chasing PROFIT – – which means all the businessmen without exception. They will realize that SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY is equally important.
You think it is soooo simple. stakes are very very high “SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY”…gayi tel lene. Bhaiya ji this is the story of throne. After divide and rule the advanced version is hate and rule….
Raja Singh may be right that 3 or 4 people are sending messages in his name. Obviously he is enjoying that.
If he wanted to save his reputation , he would have asked FB to investigate these fake accounts long ago.
Has he then instigated others to post messages on his behalf ?
Couldn’t Have Surmised It Better! ?????? ????????
Facebook® does have an impersonation policy which draws a clear-line with “parody” accounts, if Facebook® is as mechanically-professional as he claims: Then his team[ who has gone through the trouble of translating his communications], must’ve been proactive in reporting those accounts capitalising on his celebrity.