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Remove posts demanding resignation of Narendra Modi by mistake: Facebook |
Corona wars continue in India and the people are demanding the government to take better measures to deal with the gravity of the situation. On Wednesday, social media company Facebook removed a hashtag in India demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for several hours, according to reports in several American, British and Indian newspapers. But it was later restored.
According to newspapers, about 12,000 posts were removed, criticizing the Indian government's response to the devastation of the corona virus.
Facebook users searching for "#ResignModi" received a message that these posts had been temporarily removed because they violated the standards of the Facebook community.
Andy Stone, Facebook's policy communications manager, said in a Twitter message that the hashtag was removed by mistake, not at the behest of the Indian government. Those posts were later restored.
India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said in a response to the removal of the posts that the government had not issued any instructions to remove the hashtag, and Facebook has made it clear that it was all a mistake.
According to the British newspaper The Independent, several days before the incident, at the behest of the Indian government, social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram removed about 100 posts containing the government's corona virus. The reference was criticized for performance. These posts also included posts from opposition political parties.
The paper says the Indian government has taken a number of measures to censor posts on social networking sites, citing criticism.
According to the newspaper, under new social media regulations introduced by India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in February this year, it has the power to ask platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to Remove content that the government deems objectionable.
Recently, when Twitter removed more than 50 posts criticizing the Indian government's handling of the global epidemic, Twitter responded by saying that if a post is considered illegal in a particular area, but it If it does not conflict with Twitter's rules and regulations, then Twitter will only block access to such content in India.
