Pro Kashmiri people lament facebook censoring Indian HR violations

Pro Kashmiri people lament facebook censoring Indian HR violations.

Factually speaking, the Facebook continues to block or restrict user accounts and pages highlighting the unabated human rights abuses in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

Pro Kashmiri people lament facebook censoring Indian HR violations

People see it a business strategy to appease 1.2 billion people Indian market that makes facebook side with the Modi regime.

However, Facebook has come under fire since long for acting against the social media pages of both native Kashmiris as well as foreigners for raising the Kashmir issue.

The victims of Facebook restrictions share their stories on other social media platforms.

They also question the company’s policy terming it a gag in freedom of expression.

Moreover, the complaints of censorship surfaced following the killing of Kashmiri freedom fighter Burhan Wani by Indian occupation forces in 2016.

Protests in IOJK

That had sparked wide ranging protests across the IIOJK as well as other countries.

The cases of shutting down accounts and pages continued to be reported after an uprising in Kashmir Movement.

Specially that came following the Indian unilateral actions of August 5, 2019 followed by lockdown and communication blackout in the valley.

According to a Facebook user Abdul Moiz, Facebook looks to be under the influence of a large number of Indian employees.

He noted the west’s freedom of expression just a farce.

Even the celebrities among victims of Facebook censorship

Not only the common users, even the celebrities are also among victims of Facebook censorship, who censured their policy.

The social media giant had twice blocked the account of Pakistani film and TV actor Hamza Abbasi as he posted in praise of Burhan Wani.

“Banned again for 3 days. Now FB will tell us who is and isn’t a terrorist,” tweeted Hamza.

The Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir with Chairman Shahryar Afridi recently took up the matter,

It directed the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority chairman to take cognizance of the the Facebook management ‘selective action’ against Pakistani and Kashmiri social media activists.

PTA asked to take action

Furthermore, it asked the PTA to take appropriate action in this regard.

Abdul Basit, an Islamabad based researcher also complained the repeated suspension of his Facebook account for highlighting the Kashmir cause.

He tweeted that Facebook is supporting the Indian agenda.

He said social media platforms, under the pressure of the Indian government, started shutting down Kashmir-related pages and the accounts of Kashmiri activists.

Abdul Basit asked why are social media platforms silencing Kashmiri voices by suspending the account of Kashmiri activists and organizations.

He further asked why social networks are siding with undemocratic force.

GTV