Meta Faces Parliamentary Summons Over Zuckerberg’s India Election Comments

Indian officials demand an apology from Meta after Mark Zuckerberg inaccurately claimed the BJP-led government lost the 2024 elections.

Mark Zuckerberg stated on a podcast that incumbent governments, including India’s, lost the 2024 elections due to global factors like COVID-19 policies and inflation.
Indian Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw fact-checked Zuckerberg, asserting that the BJP-led NDA secured a third term under Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2024 elections.
Nishikant Dubey, BJP MP and chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Communication and Information Technology, announced plans to summon Meta over the misinformation.
Dubey and Vaishnaw criticized Zuckerberg’s remarks as damaging to India’s democratic image and demanded an apology from Meta to the Indian Parliament and public.
The 2024 Indian general election saw over 640 million voters participate, with the NDA retaining power through a coalition despite some setbacks for the BJP.