A Delhi-based user, who got a shock of his life when a Facebook representative knocked at his door to verify if he is the one who wrote a post with political content, said on Tuesday that the man arrived with a proper company identity.
Facebook has been denying any such measure in place as India goes to polls on Thursday. We do not yet know if there are more such incidents as the country prepares for an intense election battle.
The company said on Monday that it is removing or blocking about one million abusive accounts a day with the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) tools.
Legal experts have called for a tougher action against Facebook for physically verifying a user, which is unprecedented. Physical verification of a user is gross violation and unwarranted under the ambit of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
Facebook can, at best, discontinue a Page, Group or delete the post, or remove the user from its platform in case of a violation of its rules.
The same process can be applied for writing a post with political content is unheard of, even globally.