what is deliberately ignored in facebook story is the list of top spenders.

if you don't have a weak memory, then before 2019 elections, this used to be the biggest talking points.

why we don't hear it anymore?

because the top spender is not BJP anymore.

Have a look
Saket Gokhale, a name that we hear in this facebook story.

Saket, by his own admission, has worked with congress, still has ambitions, and says Rahul Gandhi inspires him.

People usually introduce him as a RTI activist and hide his this background : https://twitter.com/saketgokhale/status/1282964387213348864?lang=en
another aspect which is willfully glossed over in the story is how Cambridge Analytica whistleblower had claimed that congress was their client in India.
In the first week of June, the people who were celebrating when Zuckerberg had given examples of taking down Kapil Mishra's speech as part of their effort to curb hate speech.

Now the same people are saying Facebook is working with BJP.

Doesn't add up.
In april 2019, less than ten days before lok sabha election started, Facebook removed 200 pro-BJP pages.

This included pages with millions of followers and reach.

those who celebrated it back then won't mention it now since it doesn't help their current story.
Back in 2018, when twitter India had appointed its current policy head, a controversy had erupted.

Her old tweets went viral, which were politically charged and weren't favorable towards current govt.

She received all the support from the people who agreed with her politically.
what does that show?

most of the people don't oppose platforms appointing people who openly support a particular ideology.

they oppose only when they think that person's ideology doesn't align with their ideology.
more importantly.

one can claim to be only one of the two things:

1. supporter of FoE
2. supporter of internet censorship

Facebook is being alleged for not censoring people by those who claim to be supporter of FoE

This just doesn't make any sense!
probably the dumbest argument in this whole case has been casting aspersion on someone because what her sister does.

This is not only dumb but also vile.

unless there is substantial evidence, this is just cheap mudslinging.
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