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Facebook planned to remove fake accounts in India

Facebook planned to remove fake accounts in India – until it realized a BJP politician was involved | Social media | The Guardian

15.04.2021 — Facebook allowed a network of fake accounts to artificially inflate the popularity of an MP from India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) …

Whistleblower points to double standard in Facebook’s enforcement of rules against powerful

Facebook faces grilling by MPs in India over anti-Muslim hate …

01.09.2020 — Social media site denies any bias towards ruling Hindu nationalist BJP party.

Facebook Allegedly Delayed Acting Against Fake Account …

Facebook Allegedly Delayed Acting Against Fake Account Network That Boosted BJP MP: Report

16.04.2021 — The Guardian has not named the BJP MP in question. “The company was preparing to remove the fake accounts but paused when it found evidence that …

A report published in The Guardian claims that the company was preparing to remove the fake accounts but paused when it found evidence that the MP “was probably directly involved in the network”.

Facebook Inaction: Whistleblower Documents Name BJP MP …

Facebook Inaction: Whistleblower Documents Name BJP MP Vinod Sonkar in ‘Fake Account’ Controversy

06.06.2022 — New Delhi: Internal company documents provided by Facebook whistleblower Sophie Zhang to India’s parliamentary committee on information …

The second pro-BJP network, on which Facebook allegedly took no action, had 54 inauthentic accounts and is one which whistleblower Sophie Zhang believes was associated with the personal account of Sonkar.

Facebook accused of favouring BJP MP with fake followers

16.04.2021 — US-based social media giant Facebook has been accused of being biased towards ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the ruling party …

Facebook has been caught in another controversy for being accused of showing bias towards the ruling regime.Sophie Zhang, a former employee, says Facebook

What Facebook didn’t do against a BJP MP’s activities

Facebok ignored fake engagements by BJP leader, says ex employee

08.06.2022 — The public policy team at Facebook India did not respond to … remove a network of inauthentic accounts connected to BJP MP Vinod Sonkar, …

Sophie Zhang, a former Facebook employee, has released documents saying that the platform ignored fake engagements related to a BJP MP

Facebook failed to take action against fake accounts linked …

Facebook failed to take action against fake accounts linked with BJP MP Vinod Sonkar –

14.06.2022 — Facebook did nothing to stop fraudulent accounts linked to BJP MP … It is public knowledge that political parties in India galvanize IT …

Facebook did nothing to stop fraudulent accounts linked to BJP MP Vinod Sonkar, who is currently the head of the Parliamentary Committee on Ethics, according to evidence given by the whistleblower Sophie Zhang.

Susan Smith Richardson on Twitter: “A Guardian investigation …

Facebook approved taking the accounts down, until it found evidence that the BJP MP was directly involved. Suddenly Zhang couldn’t get approval for the …

Why the allegations about Facebook favouring the BJP are so …

Why the allegations about Facebook favouring the BJP are so significant for Indian politics

17.08.2020 — As is evident, social media in India is flooded with posts favouring the BJP. Several of the stories are fake. Some even find a way into …

The party has weaponised social media networks for political use.