‘Zuckerberg intends to destabilise India’: Nishikant Dubey demands apology from Meta boss over PM post row

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT today met representatives of social media giants including Google, Meta and YouTube and top officials from the Union Home Ministry and MeitY to discuss social media regulation. During the meeting, a senior BJP MP asked Meta who would take responsibility for removing the prime minister's video, people familiar with the matter said. In the video, PM Modi had addressed young people and promised a severe crackdown to stop exam paper leaks. Sources said the BJP MP asked several questions to Meta, after which the company owned by Mark Zuckerberg offered to apologise and also "expressed regret". Why was Prime Minister Narendra Modi's video removed? Who is responsible for this? Who removed the video from the platform at a time when Facebook had not removed a great deal of other objectionable content? Who bears the ultimate responsibility for this?" the BJP MP said, according to government sources, asking not to be identified. After Meta responded, the MP pointed out the issue was not merely about an apology, but that accountability must be established and legal action should be taken, sources said.