No ban needed for Bajrang Dal content: Facebook

Facebook India head Ajit Mohan deposed before a parliamentary panel Wednesday and said the social media giant had found no cause to act against the Bajrang Dal.  Mohan had originally been summoned by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology to discuss the safety of user data.

During the hearing Congress MP Karti Chidambaram reportedly referred to a report of The Wall Street Journal about Facebook and Bajarang Dal. Mohan told the panel members that Facebook's fact-checking team had not, so far, found any content, among material posted by the Bajrang Dal, that violated its social media policies.

Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone told The Journal: "We enforce our Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy globally without regard to political position or party affiliation." Facebook has insisted it applied hate speech rules uniformly, and without consideration to political parties, but has also admitted it needs to do better to address the issue.