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Re:Facebook’s ties to India’s ruling party complicate its fi... by Barrin92 on Saturday August 29, 2020 @09:33AM (#24315956)
Inciting ethnic violence was one of the official reasons why TikTok was banned in the country, so surely nobody can object to applying the same Indian standards to Facebook communication, right? Not to mention India already has hate speech laws, so I don't see how Facebook enforcing them on their platform would be anyhting else than complying with... Indian law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_India

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Re:Facebook’s ties to India’s ruling party complicate its fi... by ra7 on Saturday August 29, 2020 @03:28PM (#24318778)
> Inciting ethnic violence was one of the official reasons why TikTok was banned in the country

Source? Tiktok ban was a geopolitical play due to recent India-China tensions and the reason given was "national security". Here's the official press release: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1635206

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Re:Facebook’s ties to India’s ruling party complicate its fi... by saagarjha on Saturday August 29, 2020 @03:53PM (#24318939)
People incite ethnic violence regardless of the platform they use to spread their message. Hate speech laws in India just seem to be a convenient way for the government to crack down on websites and services it doesn’t like at arbitrary times.
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