Absolutely clear on zero tolerance for hate speech at Facebook: India MD

Mohan said the company is investing a lot on artificial intelligence and automated systems to make sure that it is able to detect content that violates these community standards, even before the users

Weeks after a controversy broke out around Facebook’s political leanings, the India head of the American social media giant has said in an interview that the company does not profit from hate speech while detailing the in-house checks and balances. The Menlo Park-headquartered firm was accused of ignoring a Bharatiya Janata Party leader’s hate speech on the social media platform following an advisory from the company’s public policy team.      

    

Ajit Mohan, managing director and vice president at Facebook India, told Business Standard that most users including advertisers, stakeholders and the government had been using the platform to do