India바카라s ruling Bhartiya Janata Party바카라s IT Head, Amit Malviya, said he would file civil and criminal charges against The Wire after reported in a now-retracted story that Meta, the U.S.-based social media giant, granted him extraordinary powers to censor Instagram posts.
Malviya vowed to file a suit against the news website for publishing 바카라forged documents with a view to malign and tarnish my reputation.바카라
Malviya taking down posts
Malviya바카라s planned legal action comes after The Wire, known for its critical reporting on Prime Minister Narendra Modi바카라s government, wrote a series of sensational stories this month that claimed Malviya had been granted special powers by Meta to take down posts on Instagram without any input from the company바카라s content moderators.
To back this up, The Wire published screenshots of internal reports and emails it said it had accessed from sources within Meta. But former Meta employees and whistleblowers, tech experts in India and Silicon Valley, and Meta itself said the claims were untrue and questioned the authenticity of the evidence.
바카라Hope that The Wire is the victim of this hoax바카라
바카라We accept scrutiny of our content decisions, but we fundamentally reject these false allegations based on what we believe to be fabricated evidence. We hope that The Wire is the victim of this hoax, not the perpetrator,바카라 Meta said in a statement.
Nonetheless, The Wire doubled down and followed up with more stories claiming the internal emails it had accessed were true, even though independent technical experts continued to cast doubts on its findings and said the documents it made public appeared to be forged.
Story retracted
Amid mounting criticism, The Wire last week retracted its articles and opened an internal review of its reporting and editorial processes. The news website said it had found inconsistencies in its stories but stopped short of saying they were fabricated.
On Thursday, however, the publication posted a public apology on its website and said that one unnamed member of its staff had deceived the organization and that it lacked the expertise to vet technical stories.
바카라To have rushed to publish a story we believed was reliable without having the associated technical evidence vetted independently is a failure of which we cannot permit repetition,바카라 The Wire said in a statement.
The news website also said it would conduct a thorough review of previous reporting done by 바카라the technical team involved in our Meta coverage바카라 and remove the stories from public view until that process is complete.
바카라Temptation to move fast on sensitive stories바카라
The Wire바카라s stories had fueled growing concerns in India about digital privacy and the government바카라s efforts to tightly control the internet, and at least one opposition party had said it would discuss the issue in Parliament.
Meanwhile, media watchdog The Editors Guild of India on Friday said it was 바카라disturbed바카라 by the events and urged Indian newsrooms to 바카라resist the temptation of moving fast on sensitive stories.바카라
(With inputs from AP)
