At the centre of allegations that Facebook did not apply hate speech rules on members of the ruling BJP, an executive of the social networking site has been named in a second Wall Street Journal report on internal messages that allegedly show political bias.

According to the report, Ankhi Das, head of public policy in Facebook India, "made internal postings over several years" detailing her support for the ruling BJP and disparaging its main rival, behaviour some staff saw as conflicting with the company's pledge to remain neutral when it comes to elections.