Lagatar24 Desk
Kannauj, Dec.1: An FIR has been filed against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly making a contentious post about Akhilesh Yadav, the leader of the Samajwadi Party. The complaint was filed in the Kannuaj district of Uttar Pradesh. According to a PTI story, the lawsuit listed 49 other people in addition to Zuckerberg.
According to the PTI, Amit Kumar, a resident of Sarahati village in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj district, filed a lawsuit against Zuckerberg and 49 others for making derogatory remarks about Akhilesh Yadav. Kumar claims in his court filing that an attempt was made to smear the image of the Samajwadi Party chief on a Facebook group called “Bua Babua.” When BSP president Mayawati and popular political opponent Akhilesh Yadav formed an alliance in the 2019 parliamentary election, the moniker “Bua Babua” was coined.
Interestingly, Zuckerberg has not made any defamatory statements about Yadav. His name is mentioned in the FIR because his platform was used to make nasty remarks about him.
“During the course of investigation Zuckerberg’s name was dropped, while investigation is being carried out against the administrator of the (Facebook) page,” a senior district police official told PTI. Chief Judicial Magistrate Dharamveer Singh asked the police to lodge the case at the behest of Kumar.
Kumar had submitted an application to the Superintendent of Police on May 25, but it was ignored. Following that, he filed a FIR and sought that a case be brought against the administrator of the Facebook page as well as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
