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Parliamentary panel to summon Meta for Zuckerberg’s election claim

Zuckerberg, in an interview with podcaster Joe Rogan, had claimed that most incumbent governments including India lost election in 2024
Mark Zuckerberg. File photo
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Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology and Communications Chairman Nishikant Dubey on Tuesday said his panel would summon Meta over its chief Mark Zuckerberg's false statement that the incumbent Indian government lost the general election due to the poor Covid response.

"My committee will call Meta for this wrong information. Wrong information about any democratic country tarnishes its image. The organisation will have to apologise to Parliament and the people here for this mistake," Dubey said.

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He tagged Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who on Monday dismissed Zuckerberg's remarks that the incumbent government in India lost the general election following a weak Covid-19 response.

Vaishnaw said the Meta chief's statement was factually incorrect.

Taking to X, the minister said, "As the world’s largest democracy, India conducted the 2024 election with over 640 million voters. People of India reaffirmed their trust in the NDA led by PM Narendra Modi. Zuckerberg’s claim that most incumbent governments, including India, in the 2024 elections, lost post-Covid is factually incorrect."

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Vaishnaw said that from providing free food for 800 million, 2.2 billion free vaccines, and aid to nations worldwide during Covid, to leading India as the fastest-growing major economy, “PM Modi’s decisive third-term victory is a testament to good governance and public trust.”

"@Meta, it’s disappointing to see misinformation from Mr Zuckerberg himself. Let’s uphold facts and credibility," the minister cautioned the Meta chief.

Zuckerberg, in an interview with podcaster Joe Rogan, had claimed that most incumbent governments including India lost election in 2024.

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