FACEBOOK HEAD IN INDIA QUITS

Facebook India's controversial public policy head Ankhi Das is leaving the company with immediate effect "to pursue her interest in public service", the social networking giant announced on Tuesday. The resignation has come weeks af ter both the company and she faced questions over how political content is regulated on the popular social media platform, which boasts of over 300 million users in the countr y. It was suggested in an article by The Wall Street Journal that Facebook does not apply hate content rules uniformly and BJP leaders were given latitude in the matter. Das reportedly "told staff members that punishing violations by politicians from Mr Modi's party would damage the company's business prospects in the countr y." Following the report, the Congress raised the issue of what it calls "unholy nexus" of the ruling BJP with Facebook and WhatsApp. Last week Das appeared before a parliamentar y panel over another matter – concerns over data privacy - and was questioned for nearly two hours.