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The company& #39;s top India policy official -- who lobbies the government and oversees content policy decision -- blocked the company& #39;s safety staff from banning a ruling party politician who they found was a "dangerous individual" that was instigating real world violence.

The same official intervened to prevent Prime Minister Modi& #39;s party from being called out for its ties to a misinformation network ahead of the 2019 elections. Instead, Facebook shamed a rival political party which had allegedly done the same thing much less successfully.

To pacify advertisers and employees upset over hate speech and election meddling, Mark Zuckerberg& #39;s said the company will not allow its platform to be used to promote violence. But in India -- where lynchings and communal riots have become increasingly common -- it has been.

Cracking down on this stuff would cause a rift with the government, Facebook& #39;s Indian policy head said internally. In a country that just banned TikTok and is central to Facebook& #39;s business plans, realpolitik won out, our sources told us.