Facebook India bosses grilled over alleged bias

Facebook says it is ‘open, transparent and non-partisan’ Picture: Niall Carson/PA

Facebook India executives have been grilled by members of a parliamentary committee in India on information technology over the company’s alleged political bias and role in spreading hate speech in the country.

The closed-door hearing followed accusations in newspaper reports that Facebook was allowing anti-Muslim hate speech on the platform and that its top policy official in India had shown favouritism towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.