Par panel confronts Facebook over inability to check misuse of platform during polls

A parliamentary panel Wednesday confronted social media giant Facebook over its alleged inability to prevent misuse of its platform during elections and asked it to respond in writing to concerns raised.

After grilling Twitter, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology headed by BJP MP Anurag Thakur posed tough questions to Joel Kaplan, VP - Global Public Policy, Facebook, who tendered an apology for some of the comments made by the social media giant's employees on terrorism and Pulwama terror attacks, sources privy to the development said.

The panel, they said, raised grave concerns over Facebook's inability to prevent its platform from being misused during elections and proactively help national security agencies.

The social media giant gave a commitment to the Committee that the identify, location and who paid for advertisements will be available on a special web page for users.

Facebook admitted it doesn't "always get it right" regarding content moderation on