Meta apology victory for India's laws, Constitution and Parliament: Dubey

New Delhi, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday said Meta's apology over the temporary removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Facebook post was a victory for India's laws, Constitution and Parliament.

The remarks came after Meta apologised for the temporary removal of Modi's Facebook post and for failures ranging from child sexual abuse content to deepfakes and boosting certain content in return for "a lot of money", government sources said on Wednesday after executives of the US tech giant met Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

Speaking to reporters in the Parliament House complex, Dubey said, "This victory is a victory for India's laws. It is a victory for the Constitution of India. It is a victory for the Parliament of India. It also demonstrates the strength of the prime minister, who leads 1.4 billion people, that anyone who wishes to do business in India will have to abide by the country's laws."


While Meta's global affairs head Joel Kaplan, who flew in from the US for meetings with Indian officials, in a written statement said he "apologised to the minister on behalf of Meta for the error restricting PM Modi's post", government sources, who refused to be identified, said the apology came from company chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.

Government sources said Meta global officials have been asked to stay back for another round of questioning on Thursday, when IT Minister Vaishnaw will meet the company's global executives once again. The meeting will also include executives from Meta's technical team.