.@Facebook's "unconditional love" for India's ruling party @BJP4India, headed by @narendramodi isn't new.
What's horrifying is that it opposed ban on #BJP politicians with proven track record of #hate & asking for open killings of minorities.
@StopFundingHate @carolecadwalla
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It's not the first time that this link is exposed. Years before the @WSJ piece Indian journalists @paranjoygt wrote for @newsclickin exposing the links between @BJP4India & @Facebook, especially it's top executives Ankhi Das & Shivnath Thukral.
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But, given the state of media in India, it wasn't picked up by the mainstream.
The @WSJ piece exposes not just possible criminal negligence, but again it's participation on th part of #Facebook similar to #Myanmar & #Srilanka where it accepted its role in escalation of
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#violence against minorities.
When it is established & #Facebook itself agreed of how negligence on #Facebook 's part led to serious international crimes, this "love" for the authoritarian government in India is a disaster in waiting. It cannot be allowed to get away
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#Facebook @Facebook has to get its act straight before it's too late. @newley
@JeffHorwitz @kkategibson
@josyjosephkj @OmairTAhmad @SalilShetty @Aakar__Patel @splcenter @SaketGokhale @KenRoth @Article14live
@adamrollason @shivithukral
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