Shivnath Thukral, vice president for public policy at Meta India, apologized on behalf of Zuckerberg at X.
Aditi Tandon
New Delhi, January 15
Meta on Wednesday apologized for the false statement made by its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in which Zuckerberg said that India is among the countries where due to lack of proper action to fight against Covid-19. During the elections held in 2024, the governments of various countries lost the elections.
Vice-President, Public Policy, Meta India Shivnath Thukral has apologized on behalf of Zuckerberg by putting a post on the social media platform X0 (X).
In this tweet, Thukral said, “Dear Hon’ble Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw, Mark’s observation that many incumbent (incumbent) parties are not re-elected in 2024 elections is true for many countries, but not for India. We would like to apologize for the inadvertent error in this regard. India remains a very important country for @Meta and we look forward to being at the heart of its innovative future.”
Dear Honourable Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw Mark’s observation that many incumbent parties were not re-elected in 2024 elections holds true for several countries, BUT not India. We would like to apologise for this inadvertent error. India remains an incredibly important country…
— Shivnath Thukral (@shivithukral) January 14, 2025
Thukral has tagged Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnav in the post. It is to be noted that Vaishnav strongly condemned these apparently false comments made by the Metta chief on a popular podcast last Friday.
On Tuesday, Chairman of Parliamentary Committee on IT and Communications Nishikant Dubey said that his committee will summon Meta India on this matter. He had clearly said that Meta will have to apologize for the false statement of its CEO.