Eleven Facebook employees have written an open letter to the company's leadership on an internal platform, asking that the company leaders acknowledge and denounce "anti-Muslim" bigotry and ensure more policy consistency, Reuters reported. The letter follows a recent report by the Wall Street Journal, which had said that the company's public policy team in India, headed by Ankhi Das, had refused to take down hateful content by leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) so as to avoid damage to Facebook's commercial interests in the country. The social media giant has since attracted considerable criticism from opposition parties in the country. The Congress party on Tuesday wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, asking the company headquarters to investigate the leadership of its Indian arm. The letter by the 11 employees, according to the Reuters report, demanded that Facebook's policy team in India and elsewhere "includes diverse representation". “It is hard not to feel frustrated and saddened by the incidents reported ... We know we’re not alone in this. Employees across the company are expressing similar sentiment,” said the letter. “The Muslim community at Facebook would like to hear from Facebook leadership on our asks.” Reuters also reported that Facebook employees were discussing whether the company's content policy team and government relations team should be separated. Meanwhile, the Congress party continued its criticism of Facebook, accusing it of having a quid pro quo arrangement with the BJP. On Wednesday evening, in a Twitter post, the party said Das had "nurtured" her…
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