New Delhi: Urging the federal government to place an finish to “systematic influence and interference” of Facebook and different social media giants in electoral politics, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday laid emphasis on defending the “democracy and social harmony”.
“I urge the government to put an end to systematic influence and interference of FB and other social media giants in electoral politics of the world’s largest democracy. This is beyond parties and politics,” stated Gandhi within the Lok Sabha, ANI reported.
“We need to protect our democracy and social harmony regardless of who is in power,” she added.
The Congress president expressed critical concern over the “rising danger” of social media.
“Thank you for allowing me to take up issue of paramount importance – rising danger of social media being abused to hack our democracy. Global companies like FB and Twitter are used increasingly to shape political narratives by leaders, parties and their proxies,” she stated.
Gandhi stated it has repeatedly come to public discover that international social media corporations should not offering a “level playing field to all parties”.
“Blatant manner in which social harmony is being disturbed by FB with the connivance of ruling establishment is dangerous for our democracy,” she added.
Gandhi additional stated the younger and outdated minds are being crammed with hate by emotionally charged disinformation, including the “proxy advertising companies” like Facebook know it and are cashing in on it.
“Report shows a growing nexus between big corporations, ruling establishment and global social media giants like FB,” she stated.
