Parliamentary panel summons Facebook, Twitter officials on January 21

Earlier, the committee had summoned Facebook's India head Ajit Mohan over the issue of political bias on the social media platform

The Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology has issued summons to officials of Facebook and Twitter for January 21, to question them over misuse of the social media/online news platforms.

The schedule of meeting on the Lok Sabha website read: "Evidence of representatives of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and to hear the views of the representatives of Facebook and Twitter on the subject safeguarding citizens' rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news media platforms including special emphasis on women security in the digital space."

Earlier, the committee had summoned Facebook's India head Ajit Mohan over the issue of political bias