Facebook bans Indian ruling party politician for policy violation

By anaafrica On Sep 3, 2020

NEW DELHI, Sept 3- Facebook Inc has banned a member of India’s ruling party for violating its policies covering violence and hate, as Mark Zuckerberg’s company finds itself caught in a political debate over alleged bias in its handling of content in India. The company said it had banned politician Raja Singh from Facebook and Instagram under its “dangerous…

NEW DELHI, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Facebook Inc has banned

a member of India’s ruling party for violating its policies

covering violence and hate, as Mark Zuckerberg’s company finds

itself caught in a political debate over alleged bias in its

handling of content in India.

The company said it had banned politician Raja Singh fromFacebook and Instagram under its “dangerous individuals andorganizations” policy.

The Wall Street Journal reported the move earlier.(Reporting by Sankalp Phartiyal in New Delhi, NiveditaBhattacharjee in Bengaluru; editing by Jason Neely)