Facebook India official files police complaint

Ankhi Das, who is Facebook's Director, Public Policy, India, South and Central Asia, filed the complaint saying that many people were issuing "threats, making sexually coloured remarks and defaming her" through online posts.

New Delhi: Facebook India official Ankhi Das has filed a complaint with Delhi Police, alleging that she has been receiving violent threats to her life, officials said.

Reacting fast to her complaint, the matter was referred to the cyber cell of the city police, they said.

Das, who is Facebook's Director, Public Policy, India, South and Central Asia, filed the complaint saying that many people were issuing "threats, making sexually coloured remarks and defaming her" through online posts.

According to the complaint, the threats are in relation to an article dated August 14, 2020, published in the Wall Street Journal, alleging that it ignored applying its hate speech rules to some BJP politicians.

In her complaint, she stated she has been receiving threats ever since.

"The content, which even includes my photograph is evidently threatening to my life and body and I fear for my safety as well as that of my family members. The content also maligns my reputation based on a news article and I am subjected to name-calling, cyberbullying and eve-teasing online," she said.

The comments came as the ruling BJP and opposition Congress traded barbs over Facebook''s alleged bias towards the ruling dispensation.