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ameen | 4 years ago

Facebook has literally hired BJP aligned individuals: https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/27/21536149/ankhi-das-faceb...

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screye|4 years ago

I don't see anything that indicates that she is aligned towards the BJP outside of one weak accusation that got her fired. As I said before, hate speech is the core of politics in India (sad as it is). If FB actually applied is hate speech rules in India, it would have to close shop the next day.

I looked up every post on the 1st page of google, and couldn't find a single 1st source on what she actually did that was fire worthy. There were accusations and supposed hate speech / islamophobia, without any sources given for it.

Her education was at JNU, which is India's left-wing ideological center. She works at Facebook, whose employees in the US lean socially left. Her father-in-law is a cabinet minister for one of BJP's biggest political enemies.

Without any priors, I'd say she was more likely to help the left than the right. But, ofc, my speculation is just as unsubstantiated as the rest of the reporting surrounding her.

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Links to the most credible sources or most clear accusations:

[1] https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgzGUTcUcAA4FGW?format=jpg&name=...

[2] https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/facebook-hate-speech-india-...