Parliamentary panel summons Facebook, Google officials; asks to appear before Tuesday

New Delhi, June 28: After grilling Twitter for not complying with new IT laws, now the parliamentary standing committee, headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, has summoned Facebook India and Google India over the misuse of the platform.

The committee has further asked them to appear before it on Tuesday. The meeting will be held in the Main Committee Room of the Parliament House at 4 pm on Tuesday.

The committee will hear the views of the companies about safeguarding the rights of the citizens and prevention of misuse of social or online news media platforms including special emphasis on women security in the digital space. This is the second time that the committee has summoned Facebook and Google.

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This comes 10 days after the pannel grilled Twitter representatives for not complying with the new IT rule. The panel also asked the social media giant to abide by them saying law of the land is supreme that their policies.

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