After Twitter, Facebook removes RaGa's post for policy violation

New Delhi, August 20: Facebook-led Instagram took down the post of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in which he has revealed the identity of the parents of the minor girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in Delhi.

 

 

The company informed Gandhi that his post had been taken down. It said that the post, shared on Instagram, violated its policies. The social media giant took this against RaGa after he failed to respond to the letter in which the FB has asked him to take down the post.

 

 

“According to NCPCR’s August 10, 2021 notice, a post you uploaded through your Instagram account, is unlawful under Section 74 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015; Section 23 of the POCSO, 2012; and Section 288A of the Indian Penal Code. In accordance with NCPCR’s notice, you are requested to remove this post expeditiously,” Facebook had said in its e-mail to Gandhi.

 

 

It all comes after the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) summoned the social media giant and Facebook’s Head of Trust and Safety Department Satya Yadav for failing to take action against the post that compromised the identity of the minor victim.

 

 

The child rights body had said in a letter dated 13th of August, “The Commission had taken cognisance upon a video posted on the Instagram portal of Shri Rahul Gandhi wherein the identity of minor girl victim’s parents has been disclosed…The matter had been forwarded to Facebook Inc. for removal of post and taking action against the Instagram profile of  Rahul Gandhi within 3 days. However, no reply/action taken report has been received by you even after the lapse of 03 days.”

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