Before 2019 polls, BJP flagged 44 ‘rival’ pages, 14 now off Facebook

Facebook representatives were summoned after the committee said it had received multiple complaints against the social media giant after The Wall Street Journal published a story on the company’s India unit.

In the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections in January 2019, BJP flagged to Facebook India a list of 44 pages opposed to the party, claiming they were “in violation of expected standards” and carried posts “not in line with facts.’

As of Monday, 14 are no longer on the platform.

Pages flagged by the BJP that are on the platform include the official account of the Bhim Army, satire site “We Hate BJP”,…