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New: Facebook has banned a politician from India’s ruling party for violating hate speech rules, amid growing political storm over extremist content. Removal of BJP's T. Raja Singh is about-face for the company and one that will be politically tricky. https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-under-pressure-in-india-bans-politician-for-hate-speech-11599105042
. @JeffHorwitz and I reported last month that FB's head of public policy in the country, Ankhi Das, had opposed banning Singh: https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-hate-speech-india-politics-muslim-hindu-modi-zuckerberg-11597423346
Now, at least five Facebook profiles dedicated to him, which once had more than 300,000 followers, are gone. So is his Instagram.
Now, at least five Facebook profiles dedicated to him, which once had more than 300,000 followers, are gone. So is his Instagram.
In posts and public appearances, Singh has said Rohingya Muslim immigrants should be shot, called Muslims traitors and threatened to destroy mosques.
FB spox to @WSJ after Singh's profiles disappeared: "We have banned Raja Singh from Facebook for violating our policy prohibiting those that promote or engage in violence and hate from having a presence on our platform...
...The process for evaluating potential violators is extensive and it is what led us to this decision.”
