Facebook removes Rahul Gandhi's post for policy violation

After Twitter Facebook has removed a content posted by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that identified the family of a nineyearold victim of alleged rape and murder in Northwest Delhi saying it violated the social media platforms policiesAccording to sources Facebook has informed Gandhi and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights NCPCR about the removal of the posts from Facebook and InstagramEarlier this week Facebook had written to Gandhi asking him to remove the said post from Instagram Facebooks photosharing platformWe have taken action to remove the content as it was in violation of our policies a Facebook spokesperson said in an emailed statement on FridayFacebook takes action against a piece of content if it violates its Community Standards or upon receiving a valid legal request as per Indian lawsLast week NCPCR had asked Facebook to take appropriate action against Gandhis Instagram profile over violation of provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act 2012 and the Indian Penal Code and demanded the removal of the video from the platformFollowing the communication from Facebook to Gandhi earlier week NCPCR withdrew its direction to the company to appear before the commission with an explanation over nonaction regarding Gandhis postEarlier this month Gandhi had met the family of the nineyearold girl and asserted that he is with them on the path to justice and will not back down even an inch Later he posted a picture of his meeting with the girls parents on InstagramSimilar posts were also shared on Twitter The microblogging platform had locked accounts of Gandhi as well as many other Congress leaders who tweeted the controversial post On August 14 Twitter restored Gandhis account after the Congress leader submitted a consent letter from the family of the victimTwitter however continues to withhold the tweets that contain the images saying they violate Indias lawsAs part of the appeal process RahulGandhi the official Twitter handle of Rahul Gandhi has submitted a copy of the formal consentauthorisation letter to use the referenced image via our India Grievance Channel Twitter spokesperson had saidThe law provides that identity of a juvenile victim of sexual assault cannot be disclosed Tweeting pictures of the family violated that and so the accounts were locked During the period the accounts were locked the owner could access the account but not allowed to send out new tweets This was to allow them to delete the contentious tweetsBut neither Gandhi nor Congress and its leaders did that Instead they submitted a consent letter from the family of the alleged rape victim for use of their imagesWe have followed the necessary due diligence process to review the appeal in order to protect the safety and privacy of the affected individuals We have updated our enforcement action based on the consent provided by the people depicted in the image the Twitter spokesperson had saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever