It was 2 days ago, Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Union law minister alleged that the Congress party was reaping the benefits from the sharing of data of Facebook users in the Gujarat assembly elections of the last year.
In the wake of an alarming breach of Facebook data and the political controversy pot pouring in later, the Election Commission today stated, “one just can’t stop because of the breach” and it would carry on its social media policy. Notwithstanding the allegations flowing in from all sides of the inherent political divide, O P Rawat, the Chief Election Commissioner also stated that the panel has so far not got any complaints from any political party about the data being misused in the elections.
He told the reporters, “We are probing the breach and checking what all risks are there that may be involved and based on that we will call the shots next week and take measures.” However, he clarified that stopping the social media does not stand to be an alternative. He remarked, “We have to make good use of technology to the best advantage of democracy and the voters while averting the risks that technology poses as it evolves.”
It was 2 days ago, Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Union law minister alleged that the Congress party was reaping the benefits from the sharing of data of Facebook users in the Gujarat assembly elections of the last year. He alleged that the party also planned to use the data to fortify Rahul Gandhi’s image for the 2019 general elections.
The Congress, on the other hand, alleged that BJP and its ally JD(U) took help from Cambridge Analytica a data mining firm to win the elections for the years 2010 and 2014.
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