Nearly three weeks after The Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook India’s Public Policy Director Ankhi Das had objected to applying hate speech rules to BJP MLA T Raja Singh and at least three other “Hindu nationalist individuals and groups”, the company has decided to ban the MLA from the social media platform.
“We have banned Raja Singh from Facebook for violating our policy prohibiting those that promote or engage in violence and hate from having a presence on our platform. The process for evaluating potential violators is extensive…