Thread by @SaketGokhale

Big reveal: The connections between Facebook's Policy Head Ankhi Das & the BJP

Facebook's Ankhi Das has been accused of allowing BJP's hate speech against FB's own guidelines. A shocking article in WSJ yesterday disclosed this.

But wait - here's how she's linked to the BJP

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Here's an interview from @themojo_in with a certain Dr. Rashmi Das who is the former JNU President of the BJP's student wing ABVP. The interview happened in January.

In this, Rashmi Das justified ABVP's attack on JNU.

Fun fact: Rashmi Das is the sister of FB's Ankhi Das.

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Then in April, an article appeared on @moneycontrolcom which raved about the deal between Facebook & Reliance Jio. Below the headline, the byline says "MoneyControl contributor".

But scroll a little - and the author is Facebook's Policy Chief Ankhi Das' sister Rashmi Das.

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Facebook's Ankhi Das also attends sessions of "WOSY - World Organization of Students & Youth" which was led by her sister Rashmi Das.

Fun fact: WOSY runs out of the same office as the RSS-operated Rashtriya Kala Manch at 26, DDU Marg in Delhi.

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With such intricate links to the BJP & Sangh Parivar, is it any surprise that Facebook's India Policy Head Ankhi Das shows favoritism for the BJP?

Any surprise that she doesn't allow hate speech by BJP leaders to be taken down & also lobbies with the Modi Govt for FB?

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