New Delhi: The Delhi Legislative Assembly's Peace and Harmony Committee has summoned Facebook India Deputy Chairman and Managing Director Ajit Mohan over complaints alleging willful inaction in enforcing rules to curb hate speech.
According to the committee, this allegedly disturbed the peace in Delhi. The committee headed by AAP MLA Raghav Chadha has served notice to Mohan to appear before the committee on September 15.
Chadha said, "Facebook India has been issued summons on the basis of sharp statements made by key witnesses as well as material presented on their behalf."
Chadha said, "With regard to the strong evidence presented on behalf of the witnesses, the committee believes that Facebook should be charged as a co-accused in the Delhi riots investigation."
The committee, with its chairman Chadha, has so far examined four important witnesses. These include journalist-writer Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and digital rights activist Nikhil Pahwa.