Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Nov 2: Facebook India has sought 14 days’ time from Delhi Legislative Assembly’s committee on ‘Peace & Harmony’ to appear before them.
Notably, Facebook India was asked to appear before the committee on November 18. Earlier, the Committee had decided to call upon Facebook India to send an appropriate senior representative to depose on Nov 2 on “role of social media in curbing the spread of false and malicious messages which can fan disharmony and affect peace”. Now Facebook India had sent an email to the committee and said that it is selecting an appropriate officer for it.
The Committee is chaired by Raghav Chadha. In February 2021 the Delhi Assembly had summoned Facebook India Director Ajit Mohan to appear before the committee against which Facebook India had filed a petition in the Supreme Court. Following this, in July the Supreme Court had recognized that the privileges and power of the Delhi Legislative Assembly’s Committee are at par with Parliamentary privileges and those of other Legislative Assemblies.
