Mark Zuckerberg’s bad times BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has said that a parliamentary committee will summon Meta after Mark Zuckerberg’s claims. A parliamentary panel will summon Meta for Zuckerberg’s comments on Indian elections. Earlier, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav fact-checked Mark Zuckerberg’s comments and said that the people of India have expressed their trust in the NDA led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year. Parliamentary panel to summon Meta for Mark Zuckerberg’s comments on Indian elections A parliamentary standing committee is set to summon social media giant Meta for its boss Mark Zuckerberg’s comments on the 2024 Indian general elections. BJP MP and chairman of the House Panel on Communications and Information Technology Nishikant Dubey has said that Meta will be summoned for spreading misinformation. “Many in the US think of it as an American phenomenon, but I think the response to Covid has probably led to a fracture and a loss of trust in many governments worldwide because 2024 was a big election year around the world. “And you know, India, like many countries where elections were held and the incumbents lost every one of them,” Zuckerberg said on the podcast. According to a report by Forbes, Zuckerberg also said that he would replace Meta’s fact-checkers with “community notes,” which are often seen on social media platform X, where a community of users provides clear explanations of their suspicions about posts spreading misinformation.
His fact-check was later followed by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav, who called the tech tycoon’s comments “misinformation” and called for maintaining information and credibility. Mark Zuckerberg has hit back at Ashwini Vaishnav, who said in an interview that the current governments of many countries, including India, are not ready to contest the 2024 post-Covid elections. Not ready to contest. Not ready to contest.” “Not ready to contest.” Lost. Union Minister for Railways, Information and Broadcasting, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnav on Monday accused Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg of spreading “misinformation” and described the 2024 general elections as a loss for the “current” government. “In a democratic country, misinformation tarnishes its image. “The company should apologize to Parliament and the people here for this mistake,” Mr Dubey said in a post on X. The ruling BJP, which had won the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections by landslides, was defeated in last year’s general elections and ultimately fell short of a majority. However, the NDA alliance easily crossed the magic mark, with key allies increasing the BJP’s majority. Opposition parties united under the Congress won, but fell far short of the numbers needed to turn the tables. With Modi 3.0, PM Modi became the second Indian prime minister to hold the top post for three consecutive terms after Jawaharlal Nehru.
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In a podcast on January 10, the 40-year-old Facebook co-founder said that the Covid pandemic has eroded trust in incumbent governments around the world. He wrongly cited India as an example in this regard. “2024 was a very big election year around the world and elections were held in all these countries, namely India.” “Something has happened globally – “be it inflation, economic policies to combat Covid-19 or the way governments have dealt with Covid-19. It seems to have had a global impact,” he said. Soon after, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav backed Zuckerberg’s comments, saying that the people of India had reaffirmed their trust in the NDA led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha elections held last year.
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India’s parliamentary committee is set to summon the authorities of social media platform Meta, days after CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed that most of the current governments, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), lost their positions due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “From providing $800 million in free food to countries around the world, providing $2.2 billion in free vaccines and making India the fastest growing major economy due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Modi’s third term win is a testament to good governance and public trust. Meta, it is disappointing to see misinformation from Mr. Zuckerberg.” “Let’s maintain information and credibility,” he added.
