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IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad accuses Facebook of bias amid row over content

Facebook must not only be fair and neutral, but also visibly seen to be so, to users of diverse beliefs and ideologies.

Prasads letter came amid growing political controversy in India over how Facebook regulates political content in a major market where it has more than 300 million users.

Lawmakers of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in turn accused Facebook of censoring nationalist voices and dismissed criticism that the U.S.

In response to past criticism in India, Facebook has said it is a non-partisan platform that condemns bigotry and that it will continue to remove content posted by public figures when it violates its so-called community standards.

Facebook employees have in recent weeks questioned whether proper content regulation policies were being followed in India, and urged the company to ensure more policy consistency, Reuters has reported.

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