Ankhi Das

41 rights groups from across the world, who wrote to Zuckerberg, demanded that Ankhi Das be removed from her role in the company should the audit or investigation reinforce the details of The Wall Street Journal.

The BJP MLA from Telangana was one of the BJP politicians at the centre of the controversy surrounding the social media giant and its alleged support for BJP.

In one post, Das reportedly called Modi a "strongman" and said, Its taken thirty years of grassroots work to rid India of state socialism finally.

Facebooks ad spending tracker shows that apart from BJP, four others in the top 10 advertisers were linked to the party.

"I genuinely regret any hurt it may have caused, including to my Muslim colleagues in the company," Das wrote in an internal message.

Facebook and its top lobbying executive in India, Ankhi Das, are facing questions internally from employees over how political content is regulated in India.

Everything you need to know about the controversy triggered by the news report that said Facebook ignored hate speech made by BJP leaders.