She stated that the brazen method in which Facebook is disrupting societal cohesion with the help of the ruling establishment is detrimental to our democracy.
Digital Desk: Sonia Gandhi, the interim head of the Congress, said on Wednesday that global businesses such as Facebook and Twitter are increasingly being used to form political narratives, and she urged the government to limit the impact of social media giants on Indian electoral politics.
She claimed that social media platforms are being exploited to "hack our democracy."
"Thank you for allowing me to speak about a critical issue: the growing threat of social media being used to hack our democracy. Leaders, parties, and their proxies use global businesses like Facebook and Twitter to form political narratives. "Sonia Gandhi spoke about the matter in the Lok Sabha during Zero Hour in the House.
According to the Congress interim president, the report demonstrates a growing relationship between giant corporations, the ruling establishment, and global social media giants like Facebook.
"Emotionally charged disinformation is filling young and old minds with hate, and proxy advertising firms like Facebook are aware of it and profiting from it," she said.
"I urge the government to end Facebook's and other social media giants' systematic influence and intervention in the world's largest democracy's election processes. This isn't about politics or parties, "The interim president of Congress stated.
"We need to defend democracy and social peace regardless of who is in power," Sonia Gandhi remarked.
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