New Delhi, Oct 12 (TIWN) The Committee on Peace and Harmony of the Delhi Legislative Assembly on Monday examined the editor of online news portal NewsClick, Prabir Purkaystha, and co-founder of Alt News, Pratik Sinha, in continuation of its proceedings against Facebook for its alleged inaction to tackle harmful content on its platform.

The decision was taken in a meeting in continuation of the previous proceedings of the committee under the Chairmanship of Raghav Chadha following allegations against the social media platform over its conduct on various instances, including the conduct of free and fair elections and the Delhi riots.  The committee has decided to call upon some further witnesses, in light of the allegations and issues of grave concern raised in the complaints against the social media platform.