Parl panel quizzes FB, Twitter officials The parliamentary panel on information

technology on Thursday quizzed Facebook and Twitter over their data-sharing and protection protocols in the wake of recent changes to Whatsapp’s privacy policy that have since been deferred, people familiar with the proceedings said. “It was a constructive debate, with all parties agreeing that technology is evolving everyday,” said a person familiar with the matter. The panel summoned Facebook, Whatsapp’s parent company, after the latter’s new privacy policy, which stated that the messaging app would mandatorily share data with the social media website, caused a storm. At the meeting, Facebook did not mention whether the policy will be revoked. “They did reassure the panel that individual rights were its priority,” said the person cited above. Twitter also faced criticism for doing too little to curb hate speech.