Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly made controversial remarks about the leader of the Samajwadi party, Akhilesh Yadav. The complaint was filed in the Kannuage district of Uttar Pradesh. According to the report, the lawsuit listed 49 other people in addition to Zuckerberg. Interestingly, Zuckerberg made no defamatory comments about Yadav. His name is mentioned in the FIR because his platform was utilised to make nasty remarks about him.
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According to the article, Amit Kumar, a resident of Sarahati village in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj district, filed a lawsuit against Zuckerberg and 49 others for making derogatory remarks against Akhilesh Yadav on Facebook. Kumar claims in his court filing that an attempt was made to smear the image of the Samajwadi Party head on a Facebook group called “Bua Babua.” When BSP president Mayawati and popular political opponent Akhilesh Yadav formed an alliance in the 2019 parliamentary election, the moniker “Bua Babua” was invented.
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“Zuckerberg’s name was dropped throughout the inquiry,” a senior district police officer said, “while an investigation is being conducted against the administrator of the (Facebook) page.” At Kumar’s request, Chief Judicial Magistrate Dharamveer Singh asked the police to file the case. Kumar submitted a complaint to the Commissioner-General of the National Police Agency on May 25, but it was rejected. He later demanded that the FIR file a lawsuit against the Facebook page manager and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
