Saturday, December 06, 2025 | 11:06 AM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

MPs unite against Facebook over 'political bias', seek action against execs

The meeting was attended by 13 MPs of the BJP and four from opposition parties

Facebook
premium

According to unconfirmed reports, some MPs also voiced the demand that executives in Facebook India should be stripped of their position.

Aditi Phadnis
Facebook was subject to tough questioning by Members of Parliament at a meeting of the Standing Committee attached to the Ministry of Information and Technology, on Wednesday. 

The meeting was attended by 13 MPs of the BJP and four from Opposition parties. Almost all members criticised the US-based social media giant for political bias.

The BJP MPs wanted to know why 2.6 million pages of BJP-related posts were taken down, erased, or tampered with by the company. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey who has aggressively questioned the practices at Facebook, lashed out at the organisation, along with Anil Agarwal (BJP), Sanjay Seth (BJP)