Times of Islamabad

Facebook banned leading Indian politician for spreading hatred against Muslims

Facebook banned leading Indian politician for spreading hatred against Muslims

ISLAMABAD – Facebook has banned an outspoken right-wing Indian politicianT. Raja Singh for spreading hate speech about Muslims.

A Facebook spokesman said, a regional lawmaker for Prime Minister NarendraModi’s ruling party, T. Raja Singh, was blocked “for violating our policyprohibiting those that promote or engage in violence and hate from having apresence on our platform.

Raja, who made headlines for reportedly saying that Muslim Rohingyarefugees from Myanmar should be shot, will now be put on a Facebook list of”dangerous individuals”.