Facebook has said that it hid certain posts because it found them violating the community guidelines.
Facebook made some posts asking for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s resignation from office, hidden from public viewing for a brief time in India, at a time when the country is grappling with the Covid-19 crisis. Facebook said that it did that “by mistake” and not because the Indian government asked it so. This is the second incident where voices critical of the ruling government were snubbed, especially in the middle of the crisis that has made India an epicentre of the pandemic. A few days back, Twitter had to hide as many as 50 posts that were critical of the government’s manner of handling the Covid-19 situation in India, in response to the government’s order.
