In this episode of the Deshbhakt, we will tell you a story
And since this story is grabbing headlines, there are several characters in this story
There's condiments, there's money, there's intrigue
There are a lot of aspects- protagonists, villains and characters- all of whom I'll tell you about
This is the story of the "Government Facebook"
First of all, you should meet this character-
He is T Raja SIngh. If you say you don't know who he is, this means that you are not active on social media
Because he is a rising BJP star on the social media
And he is a champion of the philosophy of politics today
And that is- Let us not talk about useless issues like development
Let us talk about what should be done with the Rohingya Muslims or love jihad instead
His basic philosophy is- if you tell him to light up a diya, he will turn up with a fire torch
Basically, he adheres to the same philosophy- the lesser the IQ, the more the political success
T Raja Singh, uses Facebook and social media to voice that Rohingyas should be eliminated
and how the Muslims should be treated. etc. etc
He was talking about more such things like bringing down mosques
Facebook was observing all of this
You would not believe, but there's a team in Facebook that oversees who is posting wrong content
They also have a policy, apparently
We have never seen it but there are people like that in Facebook
They said that T Raja Singh...
Imagine, even they said that this was out of line
So, when they felt this was way out of line, they said that accounts T Raja Singh and three other leaders of the BJP party
should be banned
as their posts fell under the dangerous category
What is this "dangerous category"?
Dangerous category includes instances where not only your posts but also what you say and do in real life as well
might lead to actual violence
That is, their platform could be used to create a scenario where people could lose their lives
So, Facebook categorized them as posts that could lead to loss of life
The matter is settled then. If Facebook feels offended and people have violated facebook's guidelines- their account should be deleted
This is where the Wall Street Journal Article comes in and says
that there's such a deep friendship - first, there was a "complicated" relationship between Facebook and the government
At this point, it looks like it has evolved into a married relationship
Because Ankhi Das- Policy head of Facebook-India said that this should not be done(that is, their accounts should not be suspended)
and that if they would do so then their business in the country would suffer
So, basically the Wall street journal article has stated these allegations against Facebook
which is trending worldwide
that despite flouting their very own Facebook rules and guidelines
despite being flagged down by their very own people
Facebook did not delete these people because they had links with the ruling party
And as a matter of fact, Facebook has not even denied this news
Andy Stone, the spokesperson of Facebook has admitted this
that Ankhi Das, who had nothing to do with this whole issue
told him that doing this might result in an extremely severe political blow back
Although Facebook's spokesperson also said that there might be some other reasons due to which
these people have not been deleted for flouting Facebook's guidelines and their accounts have been allowed to remain active
What those "other reasons" are have not been told to us
Maybe Zuckerberg Uncle himself doesn't like Rohingya Muslims
Maybe Zuckerberg Uncle himself wants this hate, this propaganda and these lies to spread further
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Had this been an isolated incident, then we could have overlooked it
and that these people have not have been deleted due to some policy decisions
But the Wall Street Journal goes a step further and having talked to the former employees of Facebook, takes out a long list
of how Facebook has given space to some hate elements and some pro- government elements to spread their propaganda further
This means that the information that trickles down to you on Facebook through friends, acquaintances and groups
is actually being forcefed to you- that's how it is being served
and this is how your mind is being brainwashed
Wall Street Journal has listed some other examples like this
How Muslims are intentionally spreading Corona in our country
How "love jihad" is a campaign to destroy India
By the way, there's not much that is heard about love jihad these days
and how the algorithm pushes forward the pro-government voices during the elections
and how the dissenting voices are suppressed
There are allegations regarding all of this in the Wall Street Journal
quoting and sourcing from former employees
T Raja Singh is just one person. There are many more such instances
For example, Anant Kumar Hegde ji has also been quoted in the Wall Street Journal
He declined to talk to Wall Street Journal
But the fact is that he too, was a champion of corona jihad.
He wrote a multitude of articles and posts on social media handles
to tell the people that they (the government) were doing such an impressive job
and that they have "bashed corona"
But these people are spreading corona jihad. India is on its way to become number 1 in corona cases because of them
Now, imagine- Twitter- where everything is permissible and where no matter what you say, you don't get banned
Twitter banned his account but Facebook did not even touch him
Look at how independent Facebook is
When the Wall Street Journal questioned them about Anant Kumar Hegde
then they deleted some of his posts in a jiffy
This camaraderie is not based on only one instance or only one person
This is a trend- a chain of events- that is emerging
Furthermore, Saket Gokhale, who is an RTI activist, has put forward a more serious allegation as far as Ankhi Das is concerned
because he alleges that Rashmi Das who was the former JNU president of ABVP
had justified the attack on JNU
Rashmi ji has also written an article on moneycontrol.com
where the partnership and the investment of Facebook in Jio is being lauded
Who is this Rashmi Das?
She is Ankhi Das's sister
According to Saket Gokhale
There's nothing illegal in this information that has surfaced
But had this been America, then there would have been a conflict of interest investigation definitely
But this is India- All's well here!
So now the question is- were we totally oblivious to this?
Were all the journalists and politicians fast asleep while Facebook was building this camaraderie
Actually, this was kind of an "open secret" in India
Several political parties and politicians are aware about this
You would not believe but this issue has even reached the Parliament
Hear it out-
"Facebook senior management in India are de facto campaign managers for the BJP
Facebook's Delhi office is virtually an extended BJP IT cell
And I am saying this with all responsibility
Facebook censored anti BJP news and put other parties in jeopardy
The Facebook algorithm censors anti BJP content"
Facebook was branded the campaign manager of BJP but Facebook didn't even bat an eyelid
We did not get to see any response from Facebook
So this was known to us and the media (counting those few ones who still have the nerve to speak )
and now the entire world is getting to know how deep this "friendship" and this "relationship" is
Wow! What a camaraderie between Facebook and the government
And this issue was not raised only by politicians- but by some journalists as well
And please don't think that a 9 PM anchor would have raised this issue about Facebook
But Cyril Sam and Paranjoy Guha had compiled a five part series on a website called NewsClick
Now, I cannot fully explain what those five parts entailed
I have provided their links below and you should go and read it
Even before the 2019 elections, this concern on how Facebook was working to aid the government was raised
Quickly summarizing some important things in this five part series,
How Facebook and WhatsApp is spreading misinformation which is leading to lynchings across India
How does Facebook help in furthering BJP's propaganda and how the messaged of rivals are suppressed
to stop them from raising their voice
How does Facebook benefit from all of this and who are the key individuals who are doing all of this
What is the role of Cambridge Analytica and what was the Congress trying to do in collaboration with them
and how they were trying to tap Facebook
All of these writings and the research is available in this five part series on NewsClick
I have provided the link down below
So, this was being pointed out by NewsClick and some politicians earlier
Now, the entire world is talking about this via Wall Street Journal
Hearing this might lead you to think that Anki Das might be in trouble
and now questions would be raised on all that has been happening in Facebook
Are they the world's connecting page or some party's propaganda channel?
Well, the problem is that nothing would happen to Ankhi Das
because if this report reaches Zukerberg Uncle in America,
then the conditions in America are no different
He's doing the very same thing! look at how he was summoned
This might be a new phenomenon for you but there are Congressional hearings in America
where even the big businessmen are summoned and thoroughly questioned while the cameras are rolling
Congressmen Cortez raises some simple questions
Do they fact check fake news?
And whether they would ever pull down those propagating hate on their platform
It is a simple question. Hear what Zuckerberg uncle has to say
"In what year and month did you personally first become aware of Cambridge Analytica?"
"Ummm... I'm not sure of the exact..."
"When did Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg become aware of Cambridge Analytica?"
"I don't know.. I've to talk..."
"You don't know"
"When was the issue discussed with your board member Peter Thiel?"
"Congresswoman, I don't know that..."
What kind of a man is this Zuckerberg Uncle!
He doesn't know anything!
He is one of the world's richest men! How did he become so rich whilst being so ignorant?
There is something that he is hiding
Daya! Investigate!
"So, you won't take down lies or you will take down lies? I think is just a pretty simple Yes or No"
"Congresswoman..."
"I'm not talking about spam, I'm talking about actual misinformation"
"Yes, in most cases, in a democracy, I believe that the people should be able to see for themselves
what politicians that they may or may not vote for..."
"So, you won't take them down?"
"So, you may flag that  it's wrong but you won't take it down?"
"Congresswoman... it depends on the context that it shows up
or organic post..."
So, a simple question on whether they would fact check hate and misinformation or not
Opinion is not being talked about here- He was asked whether misinformation would be fact checked or not
There is no answer to that because that is what brings in revenue and influence
When there's engagement and people arguing on the platform, it would bring in revenues and attract advertisers
This is the plot that is running- be it in America or India
America has already realized the murky role of Facebook in their elections
There is also talks of Russian involvement
The same ploy is not unfurling in India
It is only now that several advertisers in America have realized what game Facebook is onto
And this is why they have begun pulling out
They have stated that they will advertise on social media but not on Facebook
Another reason for this is that the recalcitrant Zukerberg who harbors the wrong attitude
Imagine- a man who runs such a huge company says that even the people who deny holocaust have the right to opine
Did the 6 million Jews die in vain?
Investigators have also found out that the posts of the holocaust deniers are aggressively pushed by Facebook
Not only do they not fact check hate,
not only do they not suppress hate,
they actually push forward the hate mongering posts
So, as a matter of fact, Facebook is acting as "Hatebook"
And this is why Facebook is facing a lot of blowback in America
So,explaining  in short, had Facebook existed in the 1930s or Hitler was alive today
Then according to Zuckerberg, Hitler had the complete right to spread lies and propaganda
and talk about his "Final Solution" and Facebook should be okay because
there are both sides that exist- every spectrum of though should be represented on the platform
Because that's what brings in the profit and the revenue
when people argue on their platform
But that is the truth today- Facebook is colluding with the governments and serving us misinformation
and is not controlling misinformation
and how they are minting profit by establishing camaraderie with the governments
and is leading us to lose our minds
After this news broke and got published in the Wall Street journal, Shashi Tharoor has said that
this issue comes under the purview of our Parliamentary Panel on Information Technology
and they would definitely question Facebook
It remains to be seen how the questioning will be conducted but he says that Facebook would definitely be summoned
In the end, I will not tell you to go boycott Facebook
Because we never talk this way and we do not believe in telling someone to boycott or not
But we earnestly request you to become aware that these massive platforms-
It would be our folly to assume that TV and newspapers can be controlled but can these massive platforms
not be controlled despite such glaring evidences?
So never believe one single source of Information
Please take Facebook with a pinch of salt
And do the same with WhatsApp. I keep telling you, they're birds of the same feather and have the same master
Observe and ponder over how they are working to propagate hate
And then decide for yourself which platform you want to trust
and what kind of people you want to trust
Understand the game and how you are being brainwashed
Use Facebook after that
But do try and understand the game
The story might have become slightly lengthy
I apologize, but this is a very interesting story and a lot of people are talking about this. We are being shamed internationally
as to how Facebook is colluding with the government
So, atleast you steer clear off this business
Whether you boycott it or not, whether you uninstall it or not, there's only one thing I'd request
Please favour the independent news sites
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