Facebook Inc's top India lobbyist Ankhi Das has quit, the US tech giant said on Tuesday, months after a political controversy erupted over how the popular social media network regulates political content in the country. Das, who was Facebook's public policy head for India, South & Central Asia, has decided to step down to pursue her interest in public service, the company said in a statement. In this episode of the Editorial, our Managing Editor Mr Sujit Nair speaks to Senior Journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta on the issue.
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Link of the recording of the 70-minute deposition on 14 February 2022 by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta to the Supreme Court-appointed committee headed by Justice (retired) R V Raveendran on allegations of misuse of the Israeli Pegasus spyware on Indian citizens: https://pegasus-india-investigation.in/depositions/paranjoy-guha-thakurta-statement/