Zuckerberg deletes post with wrong India map after criticism

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : May 16 2015 | 6:02 PM IST
Strong reactions by Indians on a wrong infographic containing India's map without Jammu and Kashmir has forced Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to delete the post which he put up on his social networking site.
The map was posted by the Facebook founder on his Facebook page following the launch in Malawi of the social networking company-led internet.Org, a platform that aims to give free internet access to Indians by offering select content and services for free.
However, after sharp remarks by Indian netizens against the wrong map put out by Zuckerberg, he deleted the post.
"Don't need your free internet. All Indians log off Facebook if map is not corrected...," reacted one netizen while another said, "After China, now Mark Zuckerberg posts Indian map without Kashmir. I hope Gov't bans FB like they did with Al-Jazeera."
Incidentally, Chinese state-owned CCTV also showed an Indian map without Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh while reporting on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to China this week.
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First Published: May 16 2015 | 6:02 PM IST

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