"Inadvertent Error: Meta Apologizes for Mark Zuckerberg's Remark on the 2024 Poll Loss"
"Inadvertent Error: Meta Apologizes for Mark Zuckerberg's Remark on the 2024 Poll Loss"
"Meta Apology: Meta India issued an apology a day after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, head of the parliamentary IT panel, announced plans to summon the company's officials over Zuckerberg's remark."
"Meta India apologized on Wednesday for Mark Zuckerberg's remark suggesting that the incumbent government in India lost power in the 2024 elections, describing it as an 'inadvertent error.' The apology by Meta India's Vice President came a day after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, head of the parliamentary IT panel, announced plans to summon the company's officials over the remark.
'Mark Zuckerberg's observation that many incumbent parties were not re-elected in the 2024 elections holds true for several countries, BUT not India. We apologize for this inadvertent error. India remains an incredibly important country for Meta, and we look forward to being at the heart of its innovative future,' Shivnath Thukral, Meta India's Vice President, tweeted. while replying to Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw's post.""Retweeting Thukral's post, Nishikant Dubey called the apology a 'victory for the common citizens' of India.
'The Indian Parliament and government have the blessings and trust of 1.4 billion people. An official from Meta India has finally apologized for their mistake. This victory belongs to the common citizens of India,' Dubey tweeted.
However, he emphasized that the parliamentary panel would summon Meta and other social media platforms on other issues in the future.
'Narendra Modi has been elected Prime Minister for the third time. The people have introduced the country's strongest leadership to the world. We will summon these social platforms on other matters in the future,' the BJP MP said.
In an appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast, Zuckerberg, who owns platforms like Facebook and Instagram, stated that most incumbent governments, including India’s, had been voted out of power following the Covid-19 pandemic."
"Union ministers like Ashwini Vaishnaw and BJP MPs were quick to call out the error made by the Meta CEO and demanded an apology.
'The people of India reaffirmed their trust in the NDA led by PM Narendra Modi's leadership... Zuckerberg's claim that most incumbent governments, including India in the 2024 elections, lost post-COVID is factually incorrect,' Vaishnaw tweeted."
'The people of India reaffirmed their trust in the NDA led by PM Narendra Modi's leadership... Zuckerberg's claim that most incumbent governments, including India in the 2024 elections, lost post-COVID is factually incorrect,' Vaishnaw tweeted."
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